how was it received?
Critical response was mixed
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Critical response was mixed
what kind of book is the perks of being a wallflower A young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel who is the author? Stephen Chbosky when was it published? February 1, 1999 by whom? Pocket Books what are the names of other books they have published? UNANSWERABLE where are their offices located? UNANSWERABLE who is the owner? Leon Shimkin, James M. Jacobson has the original author written anything else? "Jericho", "Wonder" what is the writing style of the original book? Chbosky found "the most intimate way" to talk directly to the reader. what are its themes? Teenage reality and nostalgia
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower [SEP] Publication and reception
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was first published on February 1, 1999 by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint. It became the subsidiary's best-selling book with 100,000 copies in print as of 2000, and was included on school reading lists and gathered a cult following. By 2012, the novel had been published in 16 countries in 13 languages, and that same year it placed at number 16 on NPR's list of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels". Critical response was mixed; "Publishers Weekly" called the novel "trite", dealing with "standard teenage issues" in which "Chbosky infuses a droning insistence on Charlie's supersensitive disposition." Although "Kirkus Reviews" said it had "the right combination of realism and uplift", the reviewer criticized Chbosky's "rip-off" of J.