The Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: This guy needs to get out more.......
Review: What a load of over-hyped rubbish.The main character seems to just have a problem with everything. I can't believe I read the whole book, I was waiting for it to get good then, all of a sudden, it was finished ! Some people need to wake up and smell the coffee and this guy's one of them.

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Summary: Pointless, Plotless..... !!
Review: I expected The Catcher in the Rye to be an exciting book filled with many lessons and events, but to my disappointment, the novel followed no real plot line ... it was basically a pointless book. Holden Caulfield is just a rich little kid that takes everything for granted and thinks everything and everyone in this world is "phony". I think the only phony in this novel is Holden Caulfield himself. There's really not much else to say about The Catcher in the Rye... it's not as good as everyone makes it out ot be, and Holden Caulfield is a little twerp!

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Summary: A teenager that DOESN'T like Catcher!!
Review: Perhaps I am one of the few teenagers that hasn't fallen in love with Catcher in the Rye! Many people favor the book so much because of its realness and their ability to relate to the story of its main character. Well, I have suffered through depression like Holden Caulfield, but I didn't find the book appealing nor realistic! It totally lacked any plot, but was FULL of frivelous writing and cussing. I can't seem to understand why so many people acclaim this book to be one of the best ever when it has no content! It is full of rambling and endless pages that contribute to its lack of interesting aspects. However, the narration was realistic; similar to the way a person would tell a story. But I do find it hard to believe someone could repeat so few words so often! I don't reccommend this book because of its lack of entertainment. Perhaps the brats like the main character will find it to be a book to re-read, but I think The Catcher in the Rye will just sit on my shelf! I welcome any comments to either agree or disagree . . . [e-mail]

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Summary: I want to join the "War against the phonies"
Review: I read this book as a requirement for my sophomore English class. Everyone else in my class hated it, but I loved it. Holden is a realistic, emotional character. He isn't perfect and he knows it. He may try to act like he is, but don't we all? The book takes place in a "rest home" in California, where Holden is getting psychoanalysis, just like his friend Luce told him to do. He talks about school, girls, sex (or lack thereof), all the phonies in the world and the four days before the start of Christmas vacation - four days that change Holden's life forever. It is a definite must-read!

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Summary: Doesn't smell like teen angst!
Review: Holden was a very depressed young man. His telling of this story occurs at a mental institution. He is not just a mixed up or upset teenager. He suffers from mental illness. Why do pointy -headed high school "intellectual moron" teachers insist that this book is about teen angst? They've probably been told that and so they pass on their ignorance. "Catcher in the Rye"is a great book because it probes the psyche of a disturbed person without editorializing. We're getting just what Holden got. As we move along with Holden from one misadventure to another we recognize our own moments of confusion, doubt, and pain.

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Summary: Salinger did not write enough books.
Review: I would like to sit down and have dinner with J.D. Salinger. If indeed there was one person I could, it would surely be he. To have the recall, the perception, that he has as an adult is remarkable. If a read or re-read of "A Catcher in the Rye" does not rekindle some flame in you, then STOP! Stop and read it again. If you don't, or you don't get something from it, you have surely lost some touch with the past and growing up. The beauty of this book is that I think it indeed touches everyone in some way. Caufield is us, at feeling our worst, and makes us feel good again. The book is especially monstrous to anyone who grew up felling different. It is at once, sympathetic, rebellious, understaning and certainly explanitory to anyone who felt they didn't belong, as well as those who did and knew someone who didn't. I have read the book many times and actually gave it out as Christmas presents this year to let others experience it. I can only say Bravo and I wish we could have heard more from Salinger or, in fact, Caufield.

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Summary: A Literary Masterpiece, Catcher in the Rye
Review: The best thing about this book is that the main character, Holden Caulfield is the most real chatacter I have ever read about. He's got thoughts that most everyone his age has. Even as an adult I think a lot like Holden does. He is a really "cool" guy. He's got a crew cut, and he's got grey hair in most of it. He smokes and has emphysema. He wears one of those red hunter's caps even though he thinks it looks silly. He's so cool because of the way he is, and how he sees things.. his ideas of people and things are so cynical and honest, that you wonder if Holden Caulfield's character was based upon someone J.D. Salinger once new. I can only hope that one day I find someone just like Holden. There's a Holden out there for everyone.

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Summary: One of the best I've ever read...
Review: Easy to read, funny. The books brings back the great times we have had thirty or fourty years ago. A must...

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Summary: Why do peope love this book so much?!
Review: This book is basically about a 17 year old boy who complains too much. I liked a few of the views he had in the first few chapters, but then it just gets ridiculous.The only interesting thing about this charater is that he lies about things on purpose sometimes.The way the book got its name is good, but the rest is just completely boring and full of useless complaining done by some bitter teenager. (it gets tiring after awhile, y'know)

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Summary: Honest, memorable, poignant, and hauntingly familiar.
Review: I read the book in highschool. My teacher and I had a large difference on what is "acceptable" ;iterature. Her views seemed to relegate "acceptable" to the realm of social acceptability. What is an expression dictated by morals? Anyway, as soon as i found this book to be controversial, I HAD to read it. Since then I've read many tmes over. I Love it! It's exactly like confused college life. If your in high school and you've got a "proper" teacher, make sure you pick this title for an in-depth review. She/He might discover how much artistic, creative, and literative talent we "improper" people have.