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Summary: Absolutely Amazing
Review: This is one of the most amazing bokos I have ever read. It touches upon so many subjects, and even though written half a century ago, it still captures the whole span of human experience.
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Summary: A HUGE disappointment
Review: Two hundred+ pages of rambling and whining with little to catch the reader's interest- a huge disappointment. I am truly baffled by the longevity of this novel. A a Teen Director by profession, I want to assure you that Holden is NOT an accurate representation of many teens today. What a dreadful character and what a dreadful book. I kept reading only to try and discover why this book is a "classic." My opinion- it's not a classic and it's not worth reading.
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Summary: I Just Don't Think I Get it.
Review: I have just finished reading this book and honestly, I am not quite sure what the point of it all was. Holden just didn't seem "messed up" enough for me. If he was more dysfunctional, with a bad history and more serious problems, I think I'd appreciate it more. But he just seems like another slacker I might come across at any time. I think if the book was to be edited, omitting the parts that were not significant; those parts which just basically padded the book with unneccessary chapters, it'd be about 100 pages. Plus, the ending didn't satisfy me. It wasn't a book I could "sink my teeth into". I guess I think this way because I started reading it assuming it would be great, and it was anticlimactic.
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Summary: Very Overrated
Review: I read this book in order to help my son write a book report. Maybe my review is so awful because I am 36 and can no longer relate, but being an avid reader, I found this to be the worst book I've ever read. Until I read other reviews, I got nothing out of it except for some young punk literally "rambling" on and on about his miserable life.
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Summary: Pitiful and Revolting
Review: I read this book and I am sorry I wasted the three hours to do so. This work is pitiful in its attempt to capture teenage "angst". Like any artist, the writer chooses what to write, creating his own context and showing us what he thinks important by his choice. The method of writing delivers what the writer thinks of the morality of life. In this case, Salinger (Sal) chooses to write about a teenager who is miserable in his life and in his attempt to be the Catcher in the Rye for his littler brethren, he doesn't even understand that he is the one driving them through the Rye to the cliff. This is a twisted, nonrational view of youth, and an attempt (sadly, quite effective) to create a generation in the image of the protagonist. The writing itself is sloppy and affected and I can honestly say, it isn't even a "good" bad book (in the image of say, Crime and Punishment). It's just plain bad.-Kelly Whiting
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: Really loved this book, read it as a teen and related to theperspective of the hero. I still like to read it occasionally.
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Summary: The first of Salinger's books that I have read was great!
Review: This book was imaginative and thoughtful. The charactor was very observant, and he looked at the world from a personal view. Apparently,not caring what the world around him thought. Although, this book lost a couple of stars from me because the charactor seemed to be a little used to getting his way and thinking he was better than everyone else. He judged people in a picky way, they were either really cool, or they were totally phony, there was no in between for him. But, if your looking for a book to keep you interested this is it.
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Summary: People are actually Supposed to read this?
Review: JD Salinger has been called a great writer. Considering this is all I have read written by him I guess i can't argue. The fact is though, this book is pointless, its like a docusoap on channel 5 (thats a UK thing!) shown at two in the morning, which noone watches anyway. Caufields life, and the book commenting on it, goes nowhere and this book just get boring after a short time. A *very* short time.
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Summary: A great book - If read with a little insight.
Review: First you must take nothing for granted. Although casual, this book has been written very deliberately. For example:Holden - from beholden -to be indebted to someone or something. (Holden has an obligation, he must become an adult.) or hold - to keep close, to keep in check. (Trauma in his life keeps him back, plus his own desires to remain pure, ie: an infant.) Caul - A reference to the amniotic sac, but ONLY when delivered along with a newborn baby. Often associated with the ability in that child to see into the future. But in this instance, it refers to the rupture of a nurturing environment, and the delivery of the infant into the world. Field - A staging area, an area cleared of obstacles, frequently referred to in an agricultural sense. An area for the growth of a crop.
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Summary: I wish I could give this book a million stars!
Review: This is, quite simply, the best book I have ever read. I cannot begin to describe what I was feeling while I read this book. It was absolutley mesmerising, captivating, and just plain wonderful. There has been much contraversy surrounding this book due to it's language and so forth. I thought that Holden's tendency to drink and swear actually added to the book. It showed his lack of self-esteem and how depressed he really was. I hope everyone who reads Catcher in the Rye will love it as much as I did.
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