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Summary: the best
Review: This is one of the best novels I have ever read. It is funny and real. The character is very realistic and one is able to really relate to him. Salinger wrote a great American novel.
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Summary: I loved it..
Review: i know a lot of people who hated the book. But i loved it. i guess you have to be the type of person to like it, i mean, i absoutly loved it. usually it takes me about a week or so to finish the book if i like it,and depending on how long it is, this one took me about 2 days, i stayed up all night reading it, i loved it..
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Summary: "That Killed Me!"
Review: I read this story back in high school and I liked it because I could be as snotty and cynical as Holden Caulfield. The part about him winding up in a psychiatrist's office years later I really didn't pick up on until years later when I reread the story. It seems like wherever he goes he's running around in circles! He gets kicked out of school, chewed out by an ill teacher, acts obnoxious to his schoolmates, dumped by an old girlfriend (after sticking his foot in his mouth!), and gets ripped off by a hooker. With the exception of the last adventure mentioned (although may be typical for some), these are all situations familiar to every teenage kid. Like most teenagers, he sees the phoniness in others and yet is willing to be a phony to virtually anybody else- except his younger sister. She in turn sees right through his games and is his only friend!
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Summary: a book that deserves its rating
Review: Catcher in the Rye is a novel that has stood the test of time. Even though it was written in the 1950's it still appeals to teenagers around the world. And when I read it, I discovered why. Catcher in the Rye is a painful, honest, funny book that is perfectly written. Don't be fooled by what people tell you, ie. that it's not a good book, that the language is unsuitable. They don't understand the novel's true meaning and value. I really, really recommend that you read this book, and I hope you get as much out of it as I did.
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Summary: The Catcher In The Rye
Review: I read this book in one day, just couldn't leave it. I don't know why this book is so good, but it just is. Got me hooked from the start. It may have been written way back when, but its also very now. Everyone should read it. The Catcher in the Rye, fantastic title for a fantastic story.
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Summary: Funny to see a re-birth of so many classics.
Review: Was it just a Mel Gibson movie that has reawakened America's interest in Holden Caulfield? Or, are young people once again looking for an explanation of why people say one thing and do another, or why some people have normal thoughts and others seem to never find one. Or why adolescence is so often divorced from the wholesomeness and simple trust many of us were lucky to experience as small children, as protected and loved children. This is a perennial classic. Holden will always haunt us and we will always remember the pangs of a shared bewilderment and anger that things really do change and life is definitely not what it seemed before we grew. I hope another author, similar to Salinger in his spare and economical style, Jerry Furland, ("Transfer-the end of the beginning") will be experienced by the high school set. Oddly, if Furland's gem of a novel is accurate, there will scarcely be time for it to become a classic. Given time however, I think it will be.
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Summary: not for phonies...
Review: when i read a few hundred of the other reviews, i noticed that a lot of people hated this book. I think that they can never really understand because they are the people that holden was talking about. When i was done with this book, i didn't think much of the story. it was only later that i realized that i missed the book; not for the story, but for the human feel holden had. When i finished page 214, i lost a great friend.
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Summary: there is a little Holden in all of us
Review: Catcher in the Rye is a great book. It is true-to-life and fun to read. Realistic characters, candid narrative, and a heart-felt character named Phoebe are just a few of the highlights. J.D. Salinger's writing is so readable, I think a 7th grader would be able to enjoy this book.
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Summary: Entertaining Book for those who Hate to Read
Review: I started reading this book prepaired to be bored out of my scull. To my surprise, it was very entertaining and hooking.
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Summary: ...if you want to know the truth
Review: If you really want to hear about it, I'll tell you what I think about this book. I don't really want to go into all that much goddam detail and all, if you want to know the truth, but I'll tell you what I think anyway. You might think this book is funnier than hell or depressing as hell. I don't know about you, but boy, I thought it was funnier than hell. I really mean it. I mean, I was laughing out loud at some of the parts. Boy, my dog must have thought I was half crazy when he heard me laugh, if you know what I mean. But if you had a childhood like old Holden did, then you might think it was depressing as hell or something. This title, though. Boy, that's really strange. I mean, something about catching people in rye fields before they go over a cliff or something. But you have to have a title like this so all the phonies will buy it and talk about it at their goddam cocktail parties and all. I mean, what if it was called The Holden Caulfield Story or something. All those phonies wouldn't buy it so I guess it's OK even though it is kind of a stupid thing to call a book. Really, I liked this book a lot. I mean, old Holden is a great guy and he can really spot those phonies. But he does get a little annoying and all. But when you think about it, he's so goddam funny that I like him a lot. That's how I feel about it, if you want to know the truth.
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