Diana L. (dianasdolls) reviewed Absorbing story of one teen's voyage of personal discovery. on 1/4/2009 + 43 more book reviews

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It may not look like it from the cover, but this book is a pager-turner. The protagonist of the novel, Charlie, is fifteen, shy, unpopular and self-contained. The book is in the form of a series of letters that he writes to someone he doesn't even know, and the letters contain Charlie's views and reactions to the world around him as he struggles through life.
Charlie's world begins to open up, for good and bad, when he makes friends with Sam and Patrick, leading to experimentation with drugs, girlfriends, parties and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' - and to events in Charlie's own past.
Charlie is a winning character that you can't help but root for as he tries to fit into a world that he's not sure he ever will. Highly recommended reading for anyone who remembers how tough adolescence was to live through.

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