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Summary: great book!
Review: Holden Caufield, and average high school kid, until his brother Allie dies. He misses his brother that he loved so much, i think that it caused him to flunk out of boarding school and run away to the city. in the city he gets very depressed, and feels like he can't ever go home. i won't give away the end, but all i'll say is that i couldn't put it down! READ THIS BOOK! it was awesome!
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Summary: Holden C - remarkable or unremarkable? Who cares, he rocks.
Review: It seems to me that a great many of the reviewers of this unique and timeless literary gem are sadly too dimwitted to appreciate Salinger's commentary. Is Holden a remarkable or unremarkable character? Does it matter? Unfortunately, too many people these days are preocuppied with proof of excellence and celebrity. Anything too like ourselves creates discomfort.Read the book again kids and get jiggy with reality.
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Summary: A plotless, "anti-hero" story -- read Atlas Shrugged by Rand
Review: This book is not worth the paper on which it is printed. Throughout the book, Holden, the main character, wanders purposelessly in thought and action, indifferent and cynical to the world around him -- the typical "anti-hero." The reader is given a negative look at humanity, not for the purpose of correcting the worst in people, but for reveling in it.For an uplifting view of man, I suggest the masterpiece novel by Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. Miss Rand presents man as a heroic being who is capable of dealing with reality. Although one may look at Atlas Shrugged and cringe (it is 1100 pages), one will be wishing for more by the end.
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Summary: THE GREATEST 20th CENTURY BOOK OF ALL TIME.
Review: The Catcher In The Rye is the greatest book I have ever read. As soon as I had read the first page I knew the book was special. It seemed to voice exactly how I thought about topics and certain people in the world today. When I found out when it was written my jaw dropped, lets just say it was in the 1950`s and this amazed me as the book seemed so modern and up to date. Its the type of book you dream about writing yourself and has ALL the qualitys that you associate with good books. Its very funny, its very sad, its very gripping, its very...incredible. The emotions you feel during this book could not be listed there are so many. You will read through it quickly because you`ll never put it down. Still now however I pick up the book and read certain parts of it again and again. If I could have a wish it would be that I was the in-complete person I was before embarking on reading the book and with no idea of what it lay instore for me. Absolutely outstanding, if you haven't read this book before than I feel deeply sorry for you...go and read it!
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Summary: MASTERPIECE
Review: I wish I could give out more stars. I am entering the 8th grade and I thought this book was a beautiful work of literature.I couldn't put it down. Read this book!
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Summary: If -5 stars was an option, I would have picked it.
Review: I don't know, maybe it's just me, maybe I missed something, but I thought this was the most pointless, boring, and redundant book I ever read. There was no climax; there was no meaning. The supposed "conflict" was non-existent. Just heed my advice: Don't read the book. Heck, even if you do, I'm sure you'll throw it out after the first 10 pages.
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Summary: A phony in search of innocence
Review: The first book i read in 1999 was Catcher in the Rye, and I have never seen nor experienced a more delightful piece of literature. However, looking over the past 739 reviews, i was dismayed at the number of people who remarked that the book was terrible due to the fact of Holden being a "phony" himself, those who remarked that missed the point of the book entirely. True, Holden is a phony, however, he's a unique phony. In the world we have today, it is impossible to find one who is not in part a phony. However,what sets Holden apart from all you lousy phonies out there is that he is a phony in search of innocence, and there's nothing phony about innocence. And in the end, Holden found it. i'll admit that it wasn't a matter of glorious spritual triumph, but it was a discovery entertaining us in everyday life, and it is as weighty as victories such as the Battle of Waterloo and acheiving Nirvana.
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Summary: A well written story of a character many can relate with.
Review: Catcher in the rye is a very hauting story, J.D. Salinger has written very well. I could not put the book down. I love this book.....
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Summary: punchy,gutsy,absolutely true-no appologies for being human
Review: Caution: loyalties to traditional ethics may become tarnished. Once you read this book it seeps in and eats away like intelectual cancer urging you to realise certain things that you may not want to, or are unwilling to accept - it exposes the frivalty of social behavour, placing a wholly impotent charge on the effect of one person on another. It will be the best book or it will be the worst book you ever read, either way it effects you.
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Summary: More thoughts
Review: I wrote an online review over a month ago, and I wanted to point out some other points that I missed. The fact that there was no racism in the book (Holden referred to black people as 'colored', which is better than the racist word), but America didn't care. In fact, at that point of America, racism was abundant so a book filled with racism probably wouldn't turn America's head except black people, who had to face this. I see more why the book was banned. The bad language was too much. Holden mouth could've been washed out of its vulgarity alot, and America banning the book because of the bad influence it would have on kids is probably a reason to ban it, but then, alot of books could've been banned along with it, if it wasn't. Holden didn't have to stress out some parts in the book, and he should've had more concern on what he put his parents through. With the death of a brother, one who keeps messing up purposely would cause a heart attack. If I didn't put in, we do know Holden's a little mentally ill because he keeps looking at his world as phonies(which the world is, but real phoninest comes from the people who make it), his reaction to his brother's death, his depression, the things he does around his environment, andhis willing to keep making himself get chucked from one school to another. The Catcher in the Rye is the late forties version of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" There is more I could stress on, but I don't need to.
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