Claire wrote:Koolaid wrote:
tw sex*al abuse
i actually have an interesting story about reading the perks of being a wallflower. when i read it i was very young, so i didn't really understand the twist in the book (which is, that his beloved aunt had actually been sexually molesting him as a kid) and it just didn't click for me. but watching it later really hit hard bc i was finally able to understand all the implications
i should reread that
the part of that book that always really stuck with me is the "we accept the love we think we deserve" thats real shit people do that and its sad
yeah oof, i know it's such an overquoted thing (like i saw it everywhere on tumblr) but i still appreciate it. i really identified with charlie bc we were both very introverted and i genuinely agreed with his world view on a lot of things. one of the few protagonists i can saw i truly truly felt