Stephen Chbosky's Top 3 Books

There are authors who suddenly turn their course and launch themselves into genres that seemed unthinkable to them. And it turns out that they do it very well.

It is the case of A chbosky who achieved great fame with his first books for young people (although with a point of acidity that parents did not always like) and who has recently ventured into the horror genre with a great reception from the public.

It is what has to be controversial. In the end the morbid makes its way and the more it is pointed out, not always for the better, to any type of creative, in the end his work ends up standing out.

Perhaps it is because this was not what he was feeding him. For that, he was already busy writing scripts and making a living with his films. The point is that now it can be said that Chobsky is that writer that many idolize like a new salinger of our days. Willing to disturb young but especially not so young.

Top 3 Recommended Novels by Stephen Chobsky

Imaginary friend: Misfortune is that which takes hold on whoever tries to escape from it. In its literary aspect, this impossible escape becomes a perfect plot for any thriller.

This is the case of Imaginary friend, a novel by Stephen Chbosky with that aroma of big problems from which Kate and her little Christopher are fleeing. Problems that seem very capable of undertaking the same journey to Mill Grove, the place assumed as a new safe space. It becomes increasingly clear that the misfortune centers on Christopher. Because in his short existence he has already had to go through dark corridors of fear to now enter the no less gloomy and humid forests that surround Mill Grove.

And that's where the pernicious sensation of the marked destiny makes sense. It is no coincidence that Christopher's disappearance evokes another case of the disappearance of a child so many years ago. Only Chris ends up having better luck. A kind of guardian angel returns him from the world to civilization without suffering the slightest damage after a week. Unlikely that the child survived. Unless he received some help, perhaps that of that other kid who may somehow wander among the shady surroundings. And nothing will ever be the same again. But in the traumatic event we find some hope.

Everything can make sense if good and evil can wage a new struggle to occupy the world. And Christopher becomes an essential element. From the outset, the boy acquires a fascinating ability to anticipate the tragic. His new invisible friend tells him so. The strange friendship, however, has a much more relevant foundation. Christopher was the perfect boy for a momentous mission. From there follows his tortuous path to Mill Grove.

With it, his invisible friend can create a scenario where the battle between the real world and the shadows that loom from the forest is fought eager to devour everything.

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

The advantages of being an outcast: In Spain there was a "similar" case with the writer Maria Frisa. It was about prosecuting works with alleged advice to the kids.

And of course, the forms of response to according to which situations did not conform to the canons. For Chobsky the matter was even more serious and surely that is why this book even received higher sales figures. Because the protagonist, Charlie, did not sound didactic but too crude. And perhaps it is that it is not possible to undress according to the realities of today's youth. The point is that Charlie is a kid in whom many could be seen reflected. No stale winners and enough of that rare bird that, deep down, we are all at that age. Charlie is a loser who finds an opportunity to unleash his life with Sam and Patrick.

Together with them he will do the real things that real boys do. The Institute will not be the prison that awaited him in his role as a weirdo and the story will become a plot that will address some of the extremes that most interest the boys. Because deep down, none of those youthful heroes capable of integrating into a superpandi and having a great time from the moment they get out of bed, represent real teenagers.

The Perks of Being an Outcast, by Chobsky

Las ventajas de ser invisible: Charlie continues to bring us closer to his life from his live voice. And there is certainly no stridency. Everything Charlie says fits with the personality of a boy towards that credibility and plausibility of the character.

Later it comes when, little by little, a boy from now or the boys that we were, we discover how much parallel there is between that world that we discovered and what is really lived at 16. At times Charlie loses the north, but it is that he is at the age to lose it, luckily or unfortunately. In other scenes, he approaches that area of ​​the forbidden in response to the change that growing up implies. The question is to find someone who can reposition that north, not from the notion of the institute psychologist who tries to unravel the psyche in 20 minutes of consultation.

It is more about being lucky enough to run into a teacher like Bill, determined to bring out the best in Charlie when perhaps few people understand that there could be something better in him. A realistic novel in the format of that voice in the first person that jumps from scene to scene and that always provokes a total connection with so many concerns of those days ...

The Perks of Being Invisible, by Stephen Chbosky
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