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Summary: read this book
Review: One of my all time favorite books and I was suppose to read it for school this summer. I just might read it again it is that good.
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Summary: "I Hate Phonies!"
Review: Great novel. This is a must for everyone who loves reading.
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Summary: Regardless of what they say, it's always gonna be a classic
Review: There's always been all this arguement on whether or not Catcher in the Rye is a classic or not, whether or not it is great. I think that regardless of your opinion of the novel, you have to admit its importance to our culture, and just how many people it has touched. It's because Salinger works it on many different levels. When I read it first in my early teens, it touched that teen angst that we all seem to be filled with. But as I got older, and as I re-read the book, I begin to see that it isn't normal teenage feelings. As I age, I can understand the sadness, the despair, being lost like that. This is not just a book for young people. It transcends age (though you may be reading it in secret).The other thing about this book that grabs you is the voice of the narrator. I've always felt that voice awas one of the most important aspects to any story. Those with an interesting voice, like Huck Finn or Nick Carroway or Holden Caufield, last forever. Regardless of your opinion of J.D. Salinger (and I'm no big fan of his), you have to admit, The Catcher in the Rye is a a great book.
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Summary: It's All Been Said Before...JUST READ IT!
Review: J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye" is simply one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, if not of all time. For those of you who have not read it, please do so. Holden Caulfield is one of the most developed characters I have ever come across, and by far the most interesting. Salinger's prose is flows perfectly, making "The Catcher in the Rye" one of the most enjoyable novels I have ever come across. Plot, Character, Dialogue and Theme - Salinger masters them all in in this brilliant piece of literature. READ IT!
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Summary: What a Book!
Review: This book is about so much more than baseball, it's not even funny! J.D. Salinger was a real maverick here, writing a story that most of us would never even think of imagining. I am looking forward to watching the SF Giants play the LA Dodgers tonight, but this book really opened my eyes to what it is like to see things over a much greater playing field.
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Summary: Coming of age
Review: "Catcher in the Rye" is a coming of age novel, though not in the usual mold. It is a brilliant and in-depth study of a young man -- Holden Caulfield -- who has just been booted out of his private school. Written in the 1950's, it still rings true today. Holden finds phonies and liars in all the adults and all the characters he runs into. He has an astute gauge of character, and has a way of finding the emptiness in the money-chasing, status-seeking Manhattanites he runs into. "The Catcher in the Rye" refers to Holden's dream in which he tries to save children from falling into adulthood; he's the catcher who's trying to stop kids from becoming jaded and phony adults. A five-star book. A similar book one might read is the newer novel by one Asher Brauner, "Love Songs of the Tone-Deaf." It is a brilliant book set in Santa Cruz, California and shows how a jaded, uninvolved young man becomes passionately involved with both a woman and a political cause. Do read "Catcher in the Rye" if you want to realign your priorities and reinvigorate your sense of joie-de-vivre.
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Summary: Funny, charming, sad
Review: Holden is hilarious. The book works because he is speaking directly to the reader, and tells stories that are ridiculously funny without his trying to amuse. And, yes, he himself is a huge phony. This technique is called irony -- and Salinger is no dummy. The fact that Salinger wrote the book without any intentional moral, message, or goal makes it even more special. It is not forced or trite. The book is very, very sad, yet very, very funny. It is a masterpiece NOT because it is so "realistic" or because Holden reminds us all of ourselves, but because it is novel, creative, and above all, memorable. I have read this book a number of times, and find a new insight with each reading. Kudos to Salinger.
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Summary: This is just sad.
Review: Anyone who rates "Catcher in the Rye" less than 5 stars is a sad excuse for a literary minded American. "Catcher in the Rye" is the definition of 5 stars. Get with the game here, folks.
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Summary: My Two Cents...
Review: I suspect there is very little I can add on The Man, The Myth, The Legend, but I do really dig this book... I recently gulped this one down in one sitting. I'd read it twice before years earlier, and one additional reading several years before that. I didn't read it straight through until this last time, however; and for a book that took 10 years to write it reads as a kids ramblings in the course of what could be a single afternoon. This, naturally, speaks of the considerable craftsmanship behind it. The language is infectious, as is Holden's disdain of (drum roll please...) "phonies", and I'm sure everyone has experienced someone affecting "Holden Speak" upon discovery of CITR. But, it does get in deep. In fact, I had to read "Franny and Zooey", "Nine Stories", and "Raise High The Roofbeams..." in the following weeks, I was so into Salinger's writing. But, I digress. Great book. Great character. Great writing. Now, can we please have "Hapworth"???? We've been very patient...
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Summary: I could not stand this novel
Review: JD Salinger is an idiot. The Catcher in the Rye has no artistic merit. I wrote similar pieces as a 2nd grader.
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