The Catcher in the Rye
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(Updated: March 22, 2015)
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2.5, really.
Maybe it’s because I am not a 16 year old boy, but I really don’t see the hype for The Catcher in the Rye.
First off, Holden talks in circles. He constantly repeats things.
Yeah, I get it. You smoke too much so you run out of breathe faster. I think I caught that the first 7 times you mentioned it, Holden.
The overuse of words like “crumby”, and “phony” drove me up the damn wall. Holden calls people who pretend to like this and that phony. People who “fake” their way through situations. Yeah Holden, you do the same thing. I believe you called it “bullshitting” though.
He is really one of those people who hate something just because everyone else likes it. (Hipster alert!) I think his sister even mentioned that around page 169 or so. He hates everything. He likes nobody.
Now his sister, Phoebe, I really liked. I enjoyed the relationship between Holden and her. It was sweet and some of the only times that I felt really connected to the story.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate it. I liked it here and there, but I really wish I could have saw the “masterpiece” that some other people have seen in this book.
Maybe it’s because I am not a 16 year old boy, but I really don’t see the hype for The Catcher in the Rye.
First off, Holden talks in circles. He constantly repeats things.
Yeah, I get it. You smoke too much so you run out of breathe faster. I think I caught that the first 7 times you mentioned it, Holden.
The overuse of words like “crumby”, and “phony” drove me up the damn wall. Holden calls people who pretend to like this and that phony. People who “fake” their way through situations. Yeah Holden, you do the same thing. I believe you called it “bullshitting” though.
He is really one of those people who hate something just because everyone else likes it. (Hipster alert!) I think his sister even mentioned that around page 169 or so. He hates everything. He likes nobody.
Now his sister, Phoebe, I really liked. I enjoyed the relationship between Holden and her. It was sweet and some of the only times that I felt really connected to the story.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate it. I liked it here and there, but I really wish I could have saw the “masterpiece” that some other people have seen in this book.
Why is it so acknowledged?
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Reader reviewed by OIKZ
I was really looking forward to embellish my bookshelf and reading list when I heard about this book. After I recently finished reading the book, I found out, there was nothing really to embellish. The storyline is vague, the protagonist is very dull, the overall complication and dilemmas the character was going through in each chapter was not very clear, and rather, uninteresting. But then again, I have to respect the year that most teenagers were involved in during that specific time. Overall is very quick to read, and just s typical young adult novel. Nothing really to report.
I was really looking forward to embellish my bookshelf and reading list when I heard about this book. After I recently finished reading the book, I found out, there was nothing really to embellish. The storyline is vague, the protagonist is very dull, the overall complication and dilemmas the character was going through in each chapter was not very clear, and rather, uninteresting. But then again, I have to respect the year that most teenagers were involved in during that specific time. Overall is very quick to read, and just s typical young adult novel. Nothing really to report.
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Good message to young adults
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Reader reviewed by garden0fdreams
The novel gives a message of how important it is to take things seriously sometimes and face reality, no matter how much we want something we have to face the truth, unlike Holden did, which is what caused him his downfall.I believe it could have been a bit more dramatic but it is still good enough to send out the message clearly.
The novel gives a message of how important it is to take things seriously sometimes and face reality, no matter how much we want something we have to face the truth, unlike Holden did, which is what caused him his downfall.I believe it could have been a bit more dramatic but it is still good enough to send out the message clearly.
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