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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated The Perks of Being a Wallflower in Books

Jan 6, 2020 (Updated Feb 10, 2020)

I am hopelessly in love with this novel. I remember reading it for the first time when I was in middle school at some point - I'm thinking 8th grade. I remember crying my eyes out at the end and then having to go downstairs for dinner and being unable to think about anything else other than Charlie and his story and everything that he'd been through and how I related and understood and just wanted to give him a hug. I have that same feeling now.

When I read this book initially, I was in a really bad place - probably one of the worst places I have ever been in my life and I remember how much I wanted to feel like Charlie did at the end of the novel. Now, almost 9 years later, I am working to get to that place, to heal and take care of myself and put pieces back together that I forgot about or pushed away or that just didn't really fit right in the first place. Coincidentally, my therapist told me that this is the perfect book for me to read right now with everything I have going on in my life and I couldn't agree more.

I love all of these characters, I love the plot, I love that Charlie's innocence just radiates off the page but it's not a boyish innocence that is underwhelming and sometimes frustrating like it is in other novels, but it's pure and he's just doing his best and he fiercely loves and protects those he cares about. It's like his innocence is his love and he loves so well.

I think this book will be one that I tell my kids about, urge them to read, and hope they tell their kids and they tell theirs. I love this book that much.

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Lust for Life: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon

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In the early 1980s Irvine Welsh's life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a...

Ascent (House of Normandy #1)

Cathie Dunn

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A brutal Viking raid heralds the dawn of a new, powerful dynasty – the House of Normandy ...

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Women Garden Designers: 1900 to the Present

Kristina Taylor

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Women Garden Designers presents twenty-seven of the most important and influential women garden...

Michael Packner (32 KP) rated Child's Play (1988) in Movies

Jun 21, 2019

The atmosphere is top notch. (4 more)

The tension could be cut with a knife at times.

Young Alex Vincent is surprisingly amazing in the film.

The film quickly establishes Chucky as a horror icon.

Everything was done with practical effects and actually looks amazing

Hi I'm Chucky, wanna play?
I'm sorry but at least for me this is about as close as you can get to a perfect horror film. The atmosphere of this film is perfect and both the acting and direction are top notch. The special effects are astounding for the time that this came out and Chucky is masterfully voiced by Brad Douriff. This film is interesting in the fact that if you grew up in the 80s and early 90s and remember what life was like back then, not only was this film absolutely terrifying for you as a child, but it holds up beautifully 30 years later. If you are a child of the modern era however, you just might find this film ridiculous and dated. The kills are extremely well thought out and suspenseful and the dark as night soundtrack fully adds to the terrifying experience. Child's Play remains 30 years later for me a staple of the horror genre and one of the main reasons I became such a big fan of the genre. Alex Vincent is unbelievably great holding down the lead role as a 6 year old. Not many horror films can survive centered around a protagonist so young, but this film does so masterfully.