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Summary: Through the Glass, Darkly
Review: This is one of my favorite Salinger books. I've always liked the Glass family better than Holden Caufield. Like all of Salingers books, this is probably required for all literate young adults.
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Summary: Franny and Zooey is a fabulous book
Review: This book really impressed me. It said so VERY much about faith and relationships. I couldn't put it down. . as I was reading it, every word I read just inspired joy in me. This is a beautifully written book.
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Summary: Do your homework!
Review: If the ertswhile "Pencey Prep student" had bothered to do his homework, he would've realized that "Franny and Zooey" is in no way a "sequel" to "Catcher in the Rye', at least not narratively. It involves a different set of Salinger's characters, the Glass family, although the theme of resisting hypocrisy and phoniness which runs through "Catcher" also imprints itself on "F&Z". I think it's Salinger's most readable and captivating book, and the precocious Glass siblings aren't any more "self-indulgent" or neurotic than Holden Caulfield in "Catcher". There's truths in these stories which transcend their particular milieus.
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Summary: captivating thread that twists your head into the end
Review: An interesting perspective of what life may be about, something ot live by when times turn trumoil. I highly recommend this for a swift read into one possible way to persist.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This book is JD Salinger's finest. The characters are wonderfully crafted. Zooey and Bessie are laugh out loud funny. In this book Salinger encapsulates familial love to an unsurpassed degree. I cannot reccommend this book enough.
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Summary: Retch, gag, hrrrrmphghlltx
Review: This second part to Catcher in the Rye obeys the iron law of sequels: they suck.Franny is a neurotic, clever wench having a nervous breakdown. Do you care yet? Zooey is her abusive, driveling brother. Great chunks of the book treat you to Zooey spewing great chunks at his mother. It's not funny. It's not well-written. It's not even meaningful. The family history (over-educated child geniuses who turn into middle aged losers) you will have a hard time sympathizing with. The "we are so smart" bookworm-cum-dork attitude of Salinger, though nascent in Catcher, comes to full fruition (or putrefaction) here. The book is blissfully short, and the dedication almost makes the rest of the book worthwhile. Salinger's a fine writer, no doubt, but even fine writers have to plop down on the porcelain throne. It's just a shame he chose to do it in print.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This was the first book in a long, long time to blow my hair back. Maybe it got to me personally because of the metaphysical "fringe," but I love Salinger's writing in general, and the Glass family he introduces here includes a great set of characters just as piquant as Holden Caulfield, if not more so. I probably would've given four stars if it weren't for the ending and the Fat Lady; the philosophy she expresses is old, but I've never seen it communicated anywhere near the way Salinger does.
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Summary: Genius
Review: JD Salinger is a genius. Read this book and may your breath be taken away.
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Summary: The Glass family never ceases to amaze me
Review: I am an avid J.D. Salinger fan--right now I'm in the middle of reading Nine Stories. However, the book that turned me on to J.D. Salinger was NOT Catcher in the Rye, as most people experience, but this book--Franny and Zooey. It is so simple yet so complete. J.D. Salinger's writing style is something I have fallen in love with, and this book, one of my favorites ever, gives me some sort of faith in families, in life, in God. It is quite an amazing book.
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Summary: This book is simply beautiful.
Review: Salinger sums up all the lessons of life, religion, and mysticism into a tiny package that is worth everyone's time. But, to fully enjoy and understand this book, one should first read The Pilgrim's Way, which is the backbone to this classic.
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