How is this book even popular? DaFuk HOW!? Seriously... how? 
 Fisrt of all this book is written in letter format to an "imaginary" friend, supposedly the reader. So let's call it a "diary", shall we? So who the hell writes dialogue in a "diary"? And these letters are sometimes 10 pages long!!! Imagine what the post office would charge to send a 10 page-long letter. LMAO 
 Plus it's so badly written. Nonetheless, it's a praized book... (don't get how!) 
 Despite all this it's just one great piece of americana BS (underaged drinking, smoking, drugs, "my parents are not home so let's trow a party", sex, rape and even incest). Sam (a.k.a the "blow queen") and Patrick (a.k.a "let's make this character gay 'cause why not?") are such bad influences on Charlie, who's already messed up. 
 I'm disappointed but not surprise, since the movie adpatation is as equally bad.