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Summary: Wonderful book that most will enjoy
Review: I hope my tagline will entice some reader to read my review, although I doubt it. I scanned through the reviews myself, and saw that almost everyone put 5 stars. I must agree. It's the best book I've ever read. "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like. That doesn't happen much, though." It happened this time. I wouldn't mind giving old Salinger a buzz.
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Summary: A fantastic book for mature readers...
Review: First of all, I'm probablt the youngest reader of this book writing a review. I'm only 13 yrs. old and students don't attack this book until they are at least a freshman in hs if not older. Personally, I think it's a brilliant book! It observes the aspects of life like the moments of Holden's happiness to the freaquent things that depress him. It's one of my favorite books and I didn't find it so hard to understand. It seems to written roughly though beautifully. I think it's a great book...you will definetly enjoy it no matter what your age.
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Summary: Teenage angst summarized
Review: Holden gives voice to the awkwardness that virtually everyone experiences while navigating through adolesence. Salinger is the man. I wish we could all leave him alone long enough for him to come out of his house and hang out with the rest of us.
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Summary: One of my Favorite Novels of All-Time
Review: "The Catcher in the Rye" is the closest novel that I believe exists today that accurately depicts the emotions and thoughts of a typical, rebellious adolescent. Holden Caulfield immediately lures you into his grasp and never lets go until the final sentence. In response to the reader who claimed that there was no discernable plot, I would have to vehemently disagree with that. While there is no action-packed, tension-filled story, what the reader reads is the day-to-day affairs of an iconoclastic teen who does not like the ideals that have been set by society. He gets kicked out of his private school early in the book, and has to live the next few days by himself, in New York City. I do not believe that J.D. Salinger intended to write this novel for someone to be impressed with Holden, or even admire him. The language that he uses is quite profane, and it amazes me that many teachers put this kind of story on their curriculum. It does not amaze me that some schools have banned it from their walls. Still, it is an important story, one that every 16 or 17-year old could relate to, is very easy to read, and does have a message intertwined in there somewhere--you just have to think a little. Great book...highly recommended!!!
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Summary: Curiously gripping.
Review: Despite writing Catcher in adulthood, Salinger exhibits a true understanding of teenage thought, psyche and angst. Though a simple story of a teenager's brief sojourn to New York, there is something about this novel that provides a compelling force to read on. There were only two aspects of the novel that I found mildly disappointing: I wanted to hear more about his brother and, I thought the ending was anti-climatic. However, it is still a timeless classic.
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Summary: Great for every age!!!
Review: Anyone, boy or girl, can relate to Holden and the situations that he goes through. And I believe that we all know somebody just like him too. This is a book that you just can't put down.
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Summary: I did not like this book at all
Review: For work over the summer fror an AP course i was taking, i was instructed to read this book. Everything that i found within the covers, i disagreed with. First, it lacked a plot. if someone found one, please email me and tell me what it is. Second of all, Holden Caulfield is totally unrealistic. I am 15, turning 16 soon and have NONE of the feelings that Holden does, except a profound love for golf. I have never desired to drink, get a whore or anything. Holden is a character that represents a bout .01% of this population, much like the Kids who attacked Columbine. It was just something about them. My suggestion to anyone looking for a book to readis this: stay away from catcher in the rye.
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Summary: enthralling
Review: I loved this book. I have several copies (no, I am not crazy) and I give them away to my friends when I think they need to read some good literature. Will someone please tell me the importance of this book in the movie Conspiracy Theory?
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Summary: My favorite book ever
Review: I absolutely love this book, I read the Catcher in the Rye for the first time at age 12, although, I did not understand some of what was going on the book, so I read it again, and again, and again, and each time that I read it I discover more and more how much of a masterpiece it really is. J.D. Salinger pushed forward the personality of his main character so well. I felt so much as if I was Holden Caulfield. To this day I think about Holden, he was such an interesting character. Salinger showed how confused a person can really be, while also being very much aware of what is going on. It is really difficult for me to describe the emotional attatchment I have to this book, and how much it affects me still. It is and will always be my favorite book of all time.
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Summary: Fair- depends on who the reader is
Review: I read this book for required reading sophmore year. (In Salinger's defense, one thing which affected my enjoyment was a terrible English teacher...) but still, while I found its voice was excellent and its assessment of teenage life interesting, I really wonder how many of us have thoughts and experiences like Holden's. Most of us are functioning teenagers, not psychiatric cases like Holden- indeed, the book seems to drift from scene to scene of abandonment and depression. I feel sorry for Caulfield, but I have enough problems in my life to deal with, let alone those from a neurotic fictional character. It's more than a body can take!
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