Catcher in the Rye

This book may not be for everyone!

Just another review with the word ‘phony’ in it…

The whole story was nothing like what I expected. Honestly, when I saw the cover, I thought it was going to be about a knight, a prince, or whatever saving a princess because of the horse. Lol, my prediction was way off. So when I read the first chapter, I was like WHAT IS THIS?! Where’s the ONCE UPON A TIME?

Truth is, I don’t know what to write in this review (I’m being honest, don’t call me a PHONY, Holden! haha). All I had in my mind when I was reading it was Holden makes a good point about phony people and all. I admit, I can be a phony sometimes to other people just because the truth hurts and so you just say nice things. Also, when you have a visitor, you have to entertain them even if you’re not in the mood. Does that count as being phony? Let’s look it up.

Phony: (adj) not honest or truthful; deceptive

Everyone’s a phony. If you’re lying then you are a phony, including you Holden! You were thinking about moving to the West and planning out your life that is too good to be true. You were actually thinking on living in a PHONY life yourself! What I am saying is, Holden is choosing a life that’s fake, pretending to be a mute, deaf. How ironic, that he finds people phony while he’s actually thinking about living in a phony life himself (but I guess he was unaware of it). Those are just my thoughts while reading the last couple of chapters.

I really enjoyed the book though. There were helluvalot funny moments! But our guy here said ‘old’ too much! “Old Ackley, old Phoebe, old this old that.”

I feel like I’m being so random in this review, probably because the story’s like that (well, to me it was). For me the story was like: HEY WHAT’S UP, I AM OLD HOLDEN, I HATE PHONIES (BOY IT KILLS ME) AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE CHRISTMAS! THE END. It was like a “hi, bye” thing to me.

I felt attached to the main character and I actually felt like I was there, but I wouldn’t read it again (just because I thought it took forever to finish it).

Reader reviewed by Adrienne

Catcher in the Rye takes place in two days in Holden's confused life.
He's expelled from multiple boarding schools and just got expelled
again. He is expelled for failing several classes because he just
doesn't care anymore. After he is expelled, he doesn't want to go home
to face his parents, so he wanders around NYC trying to find things to
do. He doesn't like the "phonies" in the world and is very pessimistic.
He's also a rich boy who wastes a lot of money trying to entertain
himself which results in a prostitute, a fight, argument with a girl,
and lost money. In my opinion, I don't understand what was the point of
the book. It was pretty decent and not as boring as I thought it would
be. Holden's thoughts and dialogue was pretty funny. Every second he
swears which is kind of funny but annoying. It took a long time to
finish it because it didn't keep me hooked. I recommend and don't
recommend reading this. Also, I can see why this book has been banned
many times because of the language, alcohol and cigarette usage, and
sex talk of teenage boys.