Finally read this book after having it on my tbr for years. It took me a while to get into Charlies way of writing and into the story. He uses very simple language and sentence structure, which sometimes makes him seem younger than he is. Sometimes this makes his observations or learnings hit a little harder, which I liked.
I think everyone who relates to being lonely as a teenager will see themselves on some level in Charlie. At least that is the part of him I related with the most.

Somehow I expected to love this more than I did, probably because back when I was a teenager and the movie came out everyone was loving it so so so much. I still liked it a lot though and I will think of Charlie from time to time. I'll also watch the movie again soon, I think.