The Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: Easy reading, Easy content
Review: English is not my mother tongue, but I experienced no problems in reading this novel. The story seems very simple and nothing big happens. Nevertheless it's surprsing that it is NOT boring! You always wonder what's happening next even if you know that not much will happen. There is some magic in this book and that's probably why it's so famous.

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Summary: One of the best ever...
Review: One of the best books I've ever read. Hilarious and poignant. It is everything that an excellent book should be. Those who haven't read it - are missing out on one of the best books of the century.

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Summary: Best book I have ever read
Review: Cynical teenager, Holden Caulfield is expelled from yet another prep school. Deciding to leave early, he spends two days in a void, after his time at this school and before confronting his parents about the rejection. He roams his hometown of New York City, pondering his sketchy future and looking sneeringly at the lot of phonies and conformists that make up the society. The entire book is written in the insignificant tongue and stream-of-conscious of its protagonist whose observations are sharp amd stinging. Many people walk about in an aura of pretense but never really seriously think about it. This book will change that. Every condemnation of a braggy peer, self-absorbed night club crowd, pretentious movie, show-off piano player and the serious consideration that it may be best to just leave the world behind and find a new career in a faraway western town is so sharp and well exaplified. After the Second World War, society called for a return to normalcy, including steady incomes and material status symbols. Salinger is the only writer I have read to display just how much is wrong with that and I am sure anyone reading will see how little the book's themes of psuedointellectualism, clique-monging and celebrity worship have deteriorated. I greatly enjoyed what the book was written about and I also liked how the book was written. In chapter 8, Holden walks from a hotel lobby to a cab. On his way out he thinks about an old friend, her personality, her family, her lips. One feels less like he or she is reading about a walk out to the street, but reading the thoughts of the main character. An irreplaceable book.

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Summary: Not a masterpiece
Review: They say that either you rave about this book or you simply discard it with a shrug, but I found that my feelings regarding it was somewhere in the middle. Brilliant in portions, contrived in some, this book does well to bring out the confused thought processes of an errant disillusioned teenager, and his love for his sister. The character development is too contrived in some parts, and very subtle and beautiful on some occasions. It would've been a masterpiece if the author hadn't gone out of his way to eulogise the protagonist's character, sometimes unduly, to forcefully justify his disillusionment.

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Summary: It really killed me!!
Review: The book was one of the best books we ever read. The book was really good, but the main character, Holden Caulfield, was a pessimist and he over used a lot of catch phrases. With some examples being; That really killed me, it made me more depressed, and he called everyone old. The book was creativly written because the story only took place over a couple days. The surprising part is how just a few days can change you life and your attitude towards it. I can see where people want to ban the book, but you don't revolve over the parts they refer to. And to ban a good book is like preventing a teacher to teach, and that would be a bad idea.

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Summary: quite possibly the worst book ever written
Review: This book is the most over-hyped farce of a novel. The characters are horribly one-dimensional, and there is barely a semblance of a plot. what a waste of trees.

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Summary: hmmmm.......
Review: WEll, I sure wouldn't want to argue with so many favorable opinions, but I just finished reading this book for the first time and I just thought...hmmmm..o.k. I really was not moved in any way and found the repetitive...."I really did" etc... a little annoying. The relationship Holden had with his sister was a bit strange too.

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Summary: Goodness
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I felt like I really knew Holden, and I got into his head. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to read something very entertaining. It's an easy read, and something is learned from every book.

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Summary: Dont get the wrong idea about it
Review: Catcher in the Rye was about Holden Caufield, as everyone else has stated, an adolescence, but he is scared of life, because it doesn't make any sense. Why should he put out so much when so little is returned. He deals with alot of things that are dealt with today, and the fact is we all go through these things. We just got to see how he handled it.

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Summary: Memorable and well-written!
Review: J.D. Salinger revolutionized what it means to be a teenager in America, and I thank him for that. The Catcher in the Rye explored what every teenager goes through--sex, independence, and coming-of-age. Holden Caulfield is an angry young man--angry at his family, at the world, and at himself. His anger is reflective of what virtually every teenager goes through. I want everyone to rememeber that when they pick up this book. It makes the book all the more worthwhile.