Book Review: Perks of being a Wallflower

Alright everyone, if you're sensitive or overly in love with this book please feel free to disagree. Everyone has their own opinion or else the world would be a boring place. 

With that being said.. Hello Lovely Readers! Hope you guys are having a fabulous week. I start my second semester of college and feel like sharing a book that has a lot of hype around it. Now I know my opinion isn't law but this is my blog and I'm not gonna lie about anything. 

So let's get right into this!

Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Probably the most overhyped book I have ever heard of, after Twilight, Hunger Games, and Pretty Little Liars. For the amount of attention the movie got and the "good" reviews I was hearing about the book I expected so much out of it. I want to let you guys know that it really is just another book to me. 

The characters were some what relatable and the events that happen are def relatable. But overall, I was not transformed after reading the book and that is the sole purpose of a book, to me, to transform you. 

The book is set in a diary form with the protagonist, Charlie, as its writer. He is actually writing to someone, who we never meet, that he knows and heard of. I think that the ending was kind of unexpected and it leaves you hanging. I didn't understand it at all and I wish the author had given us more hints or details about certian events. 

However, since I have yet to see the movie (which I think is what people truly went crazy about) I cannot close this chapter on my opinion of Perks just yet. Movies have a way of conveying an emotion and a message. Visuals are sometimes greater than books. (Blasphemy as a writer, I know lol)

I also think that I am highly influenced by the idea that a book is suppose to be magical. As if the world you are reading about wasn't just a normal world. I believe books are suppose to be passages to a different time and place. It's the only way to feel alive and differentiate with "real life". 

(Same goes for movies)

So that is why I was a bit upset when nothing extraordinary happened in Perks, and maybe I'm just wrong and I'm not seeing the big picture.

What are your opinions? 

But I admit, It was still a great book.

Book Review: I Am Number Four

So I was super excited when "I am number Four" came out but waited until it was out on DVD to watch it. It was a really good movie with great special FX, a good story and the ending leaves you wanting more. I hope they make another follow up. I'm really into alien movies and superhero type of stories! (as I write this I'm thinking of watching it again since it's been awhile.)
But now I will talk about the book which in my opinion wasn't exactly up to par. I say this because I expect a lot when it comes to books. I started reading the book back in the summer, maybe June. I just finished it last week on Friday. Why it took me so long well because it wasn't as entertaining as I expected it to be. Some of the story was confusing and boring. Is it because it was two authors collaborating with each other and just didn't quiet work out in the end? Or because I watched the movie first and it affected my opinion of the book? I have no idea what it was but it has taken me forever to read this book and in the end it wasn't that great. I love the history of it, the powers and the new ideas they have brought in but the way it was executed wasn't the best.
I still struggled through it because it's one of the alien books I've been wanting to read for a while.
Yet I don't know if I'll read the next book "The Power of Six"
I probably will because I never leave a series unfinished.

Have you guys read this book? Or any alien/superhero books?

Book Review: Phantom Of The Opera

Hello lovely readers! I finally finished one of the greatest classics ever! 

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux which has also been made into broadway shows and a movie. I admit that I've watched the movie a million times prior to reading the book. But when I finally did read the book I was completely blown away and left in tears. It was a beautiful story, very much different than the movie which I figured it would be. It is also a very sad story. The movie is just as beautiful. Sir. Andrew Lloyd Webber did a fantastic job composing the music and I find myself singing along to it. He is also a gifted singer and I love hearing all his songs over and over again. 

I would love to see the broadway show one day too but I'll have to wait for that one.

So I definitely recommend the book to anyone who adores the movie and who loves classics 

(French classics). 

I would also like to diverge into the investigation of the Real Phantom of the Opera! 

Have you read this book? Watched the movie?

In my own humble opinion, Gerry is the best phantom! (Yes I've heard the others sing the Phantom's songs but I prefer him for some reason. To each his own)