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Summary: a little weird
Review: this book was ok, i guess, my friend loned it to me because she said it was funny and the best book she ever read, i failed to see the humor in it and i didn't think it had much point, but thats just my opinion
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Summary: A classic but a little dated
Review: I know it is probably akin to a crime against humanity to dis this book, after all who hasn't had to read this book in high school? But, I recently reread this book some 25 years after high school and I'm sorry but the language is a little bit out of date. Wouldn't it be great if Salinger came out of retirement and rewrote this book to today's language standards? It is still the best novel around about the alienation of America's youth (and boy are they ever alienated now more than ever) so it is still a worthwhile read if you can get past the archaic language. Come back J.D. we need you more than ever!
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Summary: Great but will make you depressed
Review: I decided to try this book because many famous celebrities such as Johnny depp and Winona Ryder happened to mention it was one of their favourites. I have now come to understand why it happens to be so. JD salinger is an eye opener, for anyone who wants to see reality. Everything in the book is basically truth. Reality really does bite. The language and contents are all things that we experience in everyday life. However, warning to those who are going to buy it: I had to stop half way through the book because I was so depressed and I couldn't go on. Of course I did end up finishing the book, but it really can make you feel down. There's heaps of 'phonies' in the book and it makes you feel like dirt. Don't read it if you're on the verge of suicide.
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Summary: A pointless, but descriptive book to read
Review: The Catcher in the Rye By Lynn C (A/B) Showing a lonesomelife of a teen boy, the age of sixteen, by the name of HoldenCaulfield, the author J.D. Salinger writes a novel of Holden¡¯s life in the book called The Catcher in the Rye. The novel is fiction with a form of the first person view. The style of this book is very descriptive in fact. The basic outline of the story is about the freedom the main character, Holden Caulfield, wants, and how he wants to be someone who has meaning. Holden has basically been expelled from many schools. And yet, he is staying at Pencey (school). Well, Holden tries to stay tight in Pencey, but it seems like he cannot stand his life in the dormitory. Eventually, he sneaks out of Pencey after having a fist fight with his roommate, a few days before the vacation, and hangs around on the streets of New York, while visiting his loving sister Pheobe and friends from time to time. And basically everything else in between the main parts, are just very deep descriptions of his memories. Through the story, you will find many problems with Holden and his friends having fist fights, and problems within the society and Holden, where Holden hangs out in night clubs looking for girls to hang around with, and places such as the hotel room he stays in. There are a tremendous number of conflicts in the book, which makes it interesting to read. If you look at the book and think back of the story, you do not really feel that it has any point to it. You would start to wonder why Holden ever even went to a dormitory if he didn¡¯t like it. I mean, all the book talks about is Holden¡¯s pathetic life, and what he goes through at every place. I am sure the book was a story, but I did not find any point in the book. There wasn¡¯t a direct thought of what the book was about after I had finished the book. Even though the format of the story was not quite what I thought, I still think that the book was put a lot of thinking in it. Out all the books I have read in my life, this book is quite different in a way. One of the books I read before was called Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther, which was about a little boy who had cancer and died, it was a quite depressing biography of a little boy. The reason I am comparing it the with The Catcher in the Rye is because, it only describes basic thoughts in a regular way, but The Catcher in the Rye takes every event and deeply describes every bit of it. Not only that but also some subjects the main character, Holden Caulfield, talks about leads to other things in his life that relates to it. So, it is like branches on a tree, one leading to another. I found that confusing for me, because while I was reading the book, I did not know what to focus on, so that I can comprehend. On the other hand, I slightly did find it interesting for me to read in a way. While I was reading through, I seemed to have enjoyed the deep descriptions of Holden¡¯s life, but one thing I seriously did not really enjoy reading in every other sentence, were the curse words the author slipped in. Every other sentence of this book had curse words slipped in to them. I found that part inappropriate for young readers to read. Over all, I think the author put a load of thought into every paragraph of the book, but I don¡¯t think he mainly focused on the format of the book. Because, if you read through the book, you seem to enjoy it with much interest since it is really descriptive, but once you finish it, you ask yourself, what was the point? I mean, the plot and setting was all great, but what about the ending? The Catcher in the Rye does not seem to leave a memorable thought to the reader. If the author would have put a little more effort on the basic format of the story with reasoning, I think the book would have been one of my favorite books. It seems like the author enjoyed describing every thought of the book with much effort and time. I recommend The Catcher in the Rye to high school students with a book rating of eight out of ten.
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Summary: Catcher in the Rye
Review: I read this book because I heard that it was a classic. After reading it I can tell you that I thought it was a complete waste of time. I feel sorry for anyone who can "relate" to Holden Caulfield. I found him to be a pathetic, imature malcontent who has squandered his opportunities and advantages. I kept reading and hoping that he was going to change his attitude but it never really happened.I consider this "classic" to be highly over-rated.
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: No wonder this book is a classic. The author reveals bits of Holden's life and personality in a fashion that is a bit like a strip-tease. I couldn't put the book down and I found Holden to be a compelling, wonderful, lively character. Worth the time and effort!
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Summary: Burn all yr other books this is the god of all novels!
Review: We hate yuppy scum, we hate phonies and fakers, we hate school, infact we don't really care too much for anything if we're at all synonymous with the wonderful, original teenage slacker that is Holden Caulfield. In one of the shortest novels I have ever read, JD Salinger manages to grip me in a constant state of shared anguish, shared adolescent humour, and the kind of hobo longing suggestive of the Kerouac style. To say this is one of the greatest books ever is simply not good enough. There aren't enough stars in the universe to give Salinger for this work. Such honesty, such gallant disenchantment, such ponderous misanthropy, such a tongue in his cheek and such a wonderful story.
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Summary: My favourite
Review: I am a reader from Germany. In my mind this book is one of the best I ever read. The reader is able to feel, what the main charakter feels. If you are reading this novel you are Holden himself. I can't stop reading, because I was really moved by this novel. There's no part in this book, you are boored while reading it. The way Salinger wrote the novel is really fantastic. It is written in a very lively stile. It's a really moving story, describing a young boy having a lot of problems. After, and while reading, you start thinking over all the characters in this novel, and about human beiing.I also started reading a german translation which is really terrific, 'cause the way the translator interpret the story is not the way Salinger wanted us to interpret the story. But this is only my own opinion. Please read this novel and build up your own.
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Summary: The J.D. Salinger classic
Review: The greatest book ever written.If you have never read this book do so, you will not regret it. The book revolves around Holden Caulfield and his contempt for "phonies", and life in general.The book is brilliantly written and really grabs your attention, the events in the book seem almost to real to have not happened.
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Summary: Spellbinding...a timeless classic
Review: J.D. Salinger's A CATCHER IN THE RYE is remarkable yet painful tale of the angst of a young, disillusioned youth named Holden Caulfield. Salinger's use of imagery and few words adds to the confusion and passionate yearning of Holden. In the end you are compassionate towards him, yet the reader has no problem identifying with Holden. You unwillingly leave A CATCHER IN THE RYE breathless and forever changed, having been inside Holden's head far too long, yet not long enough.
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