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Summary: The Greatest Book Ever Written
Review: if you have ever felt different or you may think that you may need a little change in what you read, this is the book to read. A young highscool boy is having a nervouse brakedown. He mummbles to himself, gets upset easily and speaks his opinion. It's kind of like your his mind.
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Summary: This is the best I've ever read-haven't even finished it!
Review: If you like cynicism, you'll like this book. If you like humor, you'll like this book. If you like reading, you'll like this book!
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Summary: This book has no plot.
Review: If you like plot and suspense and all the things that make blockbuster movies great, this is not the book for you. There is a weak plot, but it doesn't go much of anywhere because it's not what's important. What the book is really about, is character, human nature and such. Things like that, while a plot would be nice, they can really get in the way sometimes. That said, if you pay attention, you will likely find the book to be charming, humerous and very interesting. There is a lot here that people can relate to yada yada... Notice that the only bad reviews in here are people who are whining for a suspenseful plot... what the hell do these people do with the rest of the words in a book anyway? No book is 100% plot. Go watch a movie or something ... but not Bringing out the Dead; it has no plot... although I still liked that movie it wasn't nearly as good as this book.
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Summary: If you loved Catcher in the Rye, try Rule of the Bone!
Review: If you loved Catcher in the Rye (as I did!), try Rule of the Bone, by Russell Banks
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Summary: ...if you want to know the truth
Review: If you really want to hear about it, I'll tell you what I think about this book. I don't really want to go into all that much goddam detail and all, if you want to know the truth, but I'll tell you what I think anyway.You might think this book is funnier than hell or depressing as hell. I don't know about you, but boy, I thought it was funnier than hell. I really mean it. I mean, I was laughing out loud at some of the parts. Boy, my dog must have thought I was half crazy when he heard me laugh, if you know what I mean. But if you had a childhood like old Holden did, then you might think it was depressing as hell or something. This title, though. Boy, that's really strange. I mean, something about catching people in rye fields before they go over a cliff or something. But you have to have a title like this so all the phonies will buy it and talk about it at their goddam cocktail parties and all. I mean, what if it was called The Holden Caulfield Story or something. All those phonies wouldn't buy it so I guess it's OK even though it is kind of a stupid thing to call a book. Really, I liked this book a lot. I mean, old Holden is a great guy and he can really spot those phonies. But he does get a little annoying and all. But when you think about it, he's so goddam funny that I like him a lot. That's how I feel about it, if you want to know the truth.
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Summary: Wish I could rate it higher.
Review: If you really want to hear my review, I'll tell you. LOL. What a terriffic book. One recurring theme pops up through out the entire story: The loss of innocence. SEE IF YOU CAN PINPOINT IT!
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Summary: Early Grunberg
Review: If you want to know more about the writer's who came before Grunberg, you have to read this book.
Lonely boy, lost in the city, is looking fot his life...
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Summary: The best book ever written, if you want to know the truth
Review: If you want to know the truth, this is the greatest book ever written. It's the only book I can keep reading and I keep laughing out loud at. It kills me. It really does.
The New York City of Holden's (that's our Hero) adventures
is the New York City of my childhood, and we grew up 40 years apart! Catcher in the Rye is real and honest,
it's the most real book ever; there's
nothing phony about it at all.
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Summary: Not necessarily a classic but a sure blast to read
Review: If you were an independent type of kid who hated all of the popular phony types in grade school, this book is your diary. Holden represents anyone who refused to succumb to the ridiculous pressures of growing up.
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Summary: An excellent tale of teenage angst.
Review: If you would like to delve into the mind of a teenage loner on the verge of running away from his problems and in doing so better understand yourself as a "lost teenager," this is the book for you.
This wonderful story depicts the struggles of a young boy named Holden Caufield, the catcher in the rye, and accurately displays the internal angst of a confused teenage mind. The internal wanderings expressed to the reader directly from the narrator(Holden Caufield) coupled with the external adventures and many interactions with other characters show the reader a lonely boy's search to define his place in a world he neither trusts, due to the death of his brother nor feels connected with, because of the estrangement of his parents (who didn't feel that at his age?).
The book becomes a wonderful vehicle for non-nostalgic teenage memories and provides relief for all those that have come through those nasty teenage years alive to find a world we can accept and be happy in.
May the poetry of childhood come to light in darker days and dispel those destructive negative and bitter tendencies.
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