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Summary: Amazing and unique
Review: This book, to say the least, is very unusual. But I think that's why I love it so much. Holden Caulfield sounds eerily like any teenager you might've run into back then, or even now. This book is completely unique; it doesn't even really have one dignified plot, but instead, many subplots. This book is a page-turner because it's very interesting in the sense that it's about everything in the world, and nothing at all. This is a must-read, and I promise you will never forget it.
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Summary: One of the most thought-provoking books!
Review: To tell you the truth, I went into reading THE CATCHER IN THE RYE only because my cousin had insisted it was a good book. Once I read a few pages, I was completely hooked! You can understand a young adolescent boy for who he is and at some points even yell at him for what he believes! I loved reading about Holden because he made me think of things I loved, hated, and took for granted. At one part, he mentioned something about how school did nothing for him and that he only enjoyed English. He loved his family very much and I thought that was very sweet. His sister did sounds just as cute as he had said. In conclusion, I would efinately recommend this book to those who never read it, and even to those who already did to read it again. Nothing can be wrong when you read a good book twice or more, because it offers you the great values only great literature can give. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is a personal favorite of mine and I will someday make sure that my children read it too.
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Summary: Heard this before??? ONE OF THE BEST EVER!
Review: I mean it! I really do! I know this book has little action, no intrigue, no super covert symbolism, believe me I know this. But it is still one of the, uh, lets say, Top 3 books I have ever read! I loved it!!!Lets take a look at our Protagonist, Holden Caufield. This book is entirely his narration of one weekend after he gets kicked out of private school. He decides to run away for a few days into NYC. There he runs into old friends, prostitutes, pimps, nuns, and a bunch of other classic characters. But it is not these people that draw your interest. It is Holdens thoughts and feelings towards each of them that makes this story a classic. His thoughts are sometimes dreary, sometimes off-the-wall, and sometimes HILARIOUS, and all the time fascinating! I gotta admit that even though Holden was supposedly losing his mind, I would be willing to bet each one of us can relate to the thoughts he has. I found myself, many times, agreeing with his take on things, despite the fact that critics and psychologists declare his take bordered on the insane...I say right on Holden! That is what makes this a classic...the fact that despite his problems we can all relate!
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Summary: Honest? I think not...
Review: I have read some of the reviews that say that this book was honest and is about a teenager trying not to lose his innocence and trying to stay away form all the phonies in his life. Maybe I am not as deep as some people reading this book but I think the biggest phony in the entire book is Holden. He keeps saying how he hates it when people pretend to be nice or being phoney as he calls it, but he does it all the time more than anyone else in the book. And if he wants to keep his innocense so bad why does he always wish he were older so he could drink and smoke and not get a lecture? He probably gets along better with kids because they never tell him he is too young to do something. The book was not all bad though, in fact the only part of the book i wasn't too fond of was Holden's character. He said things over and over and over. There were glimpses of humor on his part but i don't know why everyone in the book put up with him. I am on Stradlater's side for punching the hell out of him, I would have done the same thing.
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Summary: reality check
Review: This book was different from the books I read. It was the one that was closest to my life also known as reality. As you read this book, it seems as if Holden's always digressing into some other insane subjects, but isn't that how people really think? Also, all of Holden's pessimistic views accord with how people really feels. Mankind seems to always have this dark view of things even though happiness is layed right in front of their eyes. Well, I'm digressing again. Anyways, this book was a book that was certainly one of the better ones, and was a book that never stopped your emotions from rising. Based on what I'm reading on the review board, and what other poeple I know said about this book, one similarity seems to arise from all the reviewers, complaints about the ending and the "message" behind the book. First of all, books are not like movies, you do not have to see the ending that has been already created for you, but make an assumption about what happened. That is the beauty of the book what separates from the "phony" movies. Also about the message of the book, the whole book is filled with messages, it is up to you to find out the right message for you.
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Summary: Depressing maybe?
Review: Perhaps I'm missing the point of this book. I picked it up a few years ago and tried to read it and couldn't get into it. So, this year, I decided to try again in an attempt to plow through some of the "classics" of literature.
I do like how Salinger really gets into the mind of a troubled teenager who is searching for meaning out of life and never really finds it. I like the personal writing style...informal and not stuffy and distant.
However, I was disturbed by the book. In delving further into Holden's mind shows a person who isn't satisfied with anything, is deceptive, sneaky, phony himself, and depressed. I seriously kept waiting for a suicide attempt to happen in the book, or something equally horrid.
This book is worth the read if you really want to ponder the human mind for a while. I can only give it 2 stars because I was left bereft from it.
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Summary: Teenage years
Review: I've read 'The Catcher In the Rye' twice. Once when I was 14 years old and the second time more recently when i was 19. When I first discovered this book it soon became the most riveting read of my life. The subjects that it covers were ones that were extremley interesting to me at that age, so I found it to be very enjoyable.
However the second time i read it I found it extremley hard work to enjoy as much as I once did. I feel that a mature reader will find Holden Caulfield to be a very annoying and obnoxious character, as I did on this occassion.
On the other hand the story does move at a fast pace and is truly captivating. 'The Catcher in the Rye' has many devoted followers and many non-followers, I prefer to sit on the fence.
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Summary: Huge Disappointment
Review: Old Holden kid is about as interesting as a toothache. Personally, I've read cereal boxes that were more compelling and enlightening than this novel.
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Summary: Shattered All My Preconceived Notions
Review: I just finished this book, and I couldn't believe how awesome it was. All I heard about this book was all the controversy about how people were trying to ban it from schools and all; and so since it was a book in schools, I figured it'd be all boring & stuffy a la 'Moby Dick' or 'Fathers and Sons'. Boy, was I wrong! I couldn't believe how quickly this book read, but beware because it's chock full of cynicism which can get on your nerves after awhile. But thankfully, it's very short and right about the time I started to get sick of all the bitterness, I reached the end.
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Summary: Unusal piece of literature
Review: It is difficult to understand what the message should be. But it is only once you put the book away that you understand what it is about. It shows life - not only of a teenager boy - from an unusual perspective. Those thougths does not fit to the correct social patterns we would love to see. And there is no moral at the end which calms down our indignation. It is up to us to find our own insights.
This is what I appreciate, a book who leaves it up to its reader to draw her/his own conclusions.
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