Wow. It has been way too long since the last time that i actually wrote something. Let’s hope that i haven’t lost my touch yet.
So, here i am suddenly going through all the list of books that i have read not literally of course but in my head really. You see i’ve always have this passion and undeniably love for books. Love them before, love them now.
But there’s this one particularly book that keeps popping in my head right now, well this is actually because i’d just seen one of the characters acted in a tv series, ‘Laws & Orders’ if i’m not mistaken. Hah! You must’ve been a little bit confused there. How come a character in a book can literally act in real life tv series? Well, sorry for the confusion. What i really meant was the actor who played the character. Yup, if you’ve guessed that the book was made into a movie, well done! You guessed right! That’s pretty smart. Hahaha
Ok. Enough with the mystery talk. The book, then made into a movie, that i meant was ‘The Perks of Being A Wallflower’. I’ve actually heard of the movie itself before i found out that it was actually novel-based. The first impression that i got when i first heard of the movie/book was that it was just this typical story about a kid trying to blend in with the crowd, well you can read my mind the typical, usual being in high school stuff, blah blah blah. The movie got out but i never had the chance to watch it on the big screen as the showtimes was kind of limited (most of the movies i wanted to watch had limited show times, such a bummer). Time went by and suddenly the book was relaunched prior to the movie, no surprise there. Movies are sometimes made to promote the books. So, there’s truth to that you see because this book was actually released a long time ago.
With the released of the book, i was just plain eager to get my hands on of the copies and start reading myself. Luckily, i was actually working at a book store at that time last year (hahaha talking about one of the many perks of working in a book store). I was pretty ecstatic. So i pretty much dove into the book right away.
the copy that i read had this cover on, one of the many covers
Nothing about the book was as i’ve imagined it to be, well except for them being high schoolers and stuff. Even the way it was written was kind of different from your everyday books. This book was written in a total diary kinda writing, with dates and love always etc. The book is also not that thick. For some who’re not into the book might have commented the book to be dull or boring or uninteresting. The book i personally say was definitely not boring, at all. To me the story line has some depth in it and conveyed a trully deep and strong meaning of friendship. Friendship? Really? Hahaha. Maybe some may have the thought can the story line get any lamer. I trully understand that. However, i have to say that the author tried to convey the value in a kind of subtle way. The value was successfully and beautifully conveyed. Loved every second of it.
The story line is pretty much about this boy who was a junior in high school. He had these problems, like for examples his best friend killing himself, his sister who was abused by her boyfriend and he himself was harassed by his most beloved aunt( but you’ll only figure that out at the end, such a spoiler hahaha). Anyway, anyhow back to business. So upon entering high school you see, he has this problem of blending in. Along the way, he found these two seniors, a guy and a girl. They were actually pretty weird themselves and they were step siblings . He found himself being utterly attracted to them. The best part was that they did not ever try to isolate him like the others. The three of them were so dysfunctional it’s as if they were a match-made in heaven. There was also a little love interest between Charlie, the main character and Sam, the stepsister. You see the best part was that they, the three of them accept each other with all the abnormalities. More importantly, they didn’t judge themselves or between them. Taking aside all the negativities of this story, there were actually more positiveness in it if you dig deep.
Dysfunctionally perfect as they were for one another
This book is also by far one of the best because it has many cool and deep quotes like ‘we accept the love we think we deserve’ and ‘we are infinite’. Loved the settings too. One of my favourites is when they went through this tunnel, loud music blasting through the stereo, the main character standing tall at the back of the pick up with his hands wide apart and had thought to himself ‘we are infinite’ and they were just savouring the now moment in their hearts.
The ending was a bit mysterious. Remember when i wrote that the story was told in a diary kinda way? It was actually letters. The main character actually sent this letters to someone but at the end he got through all the things in his life and stopped writing. The receiver was left anonymous.
After that, i tried so hard to find the movie in DVD. It was so hard but i finally bought it, hey if there’s a will there’s definitely a way. To my surprise the movie was not really that different from the book unlike many others. But some scenes were taken off but not that many. Only then did i discover that the director was the author himself! How cool was that!
Congratulations to the author/director and the whole casts. They did a splendid job. If you haven't read it how about giving it a try. The book had left a lasting impression on me. What would your thoughts on it be?
