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Summary: This book is very interesting.
Review: It is very unique, unlike any other book I have read. I thought the plot was a little weak but for those who like great American literature would adore this novel.
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Summary: The Book Kids who Hate Books Love
Review: It might be that Salinger invented adolescence. Previous to this American standard or classic, whichever you choose, we were a less adolescent-obsessed and preoccupied society. That maligned condition has since expanded by many years- starts around 11 and ends around 32.
Give or take.The book transforms kids from book bored to book possible. I have never come across, in 30 years of work with kids, one young person, in any culture, of either gender, who having read the book, (implying they could,) did not love it. They claim it, and feel as though it were a personal match, "that's how I feeel!" They are still, of course, in a state of complete selfcenteredness. They join it in symbolic affiliation. No matter how desperately close, the imitators have gotten, there just is no other book that generates this kind of response. It is a one shot deal, but often sufficiently positive to further attempts with the literary life. ONLY IN AMERICA, could a Holden Caulfield come along and capture generation after generation. Just as Huckleberry Finn did before him, they work our forms out a little more, sculpt us a little bit firmly.
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Summary: No I Didn't Read This Book In High School
Review: It must be a very North American thing to have to read this book for school. In Australia it isn't part of the syllabus. Maybe it should be. I work in abookstore and I read 'Catcher In The Rye' because of all the hype and fuss surrounding it. Now, having read the novel, I agree that it is very good. I don't believe it is life changing or a masterpiece, but simply a challenging novel that has legions of fans (a cult following, perhaps?) because it tells it like it is. Teens on the rampage! Holden Caulfield is truly an example to us all. Do it all do it now do it your way! Read and Enjoy!
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Summary: I Keep Going Back
Review: It never fails, whenever life tosses me a curve, I always go back to Holden and his sister. Holden and Salinger's Glass family have provided me thousands of hours of pleasure. No one can ask more of an author
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Summary: Must read for all 16 year olds
Review: It really helps me cope with being a teenager. Holden isn't much different than me. I'm currently 16 and now read Machiavelli, Unabomber's Manifesto, etc, etc. This is one of the books that started it all. I hear if you read it after your teens, it loses all meaning. I think I'll read it again and again now while I still have the chance and savor it for the years to come, looking back upon it with awe - instead of reading it again when I'm 25 and thinking it sucks . . . .
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Summary: Holden C - remarkable or unremarkable? Who cares, he rocks.
Review: It seems to me that a great many of the reviewers of this unique and timeless literary gem are sadly too dimwitted to appreciate Salinger's commentary. Is Holden a remarkable or unremarkable character? Does it matter? Unfortunately, too many people these days are preocuppied with proof of excellence and celebrity. Anything too like ourselves creates discomfort.Read the book again kids and get jiggy with reality.
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Summary: For those with a functioning mind
Review: It takes a certain amount of personal struggle to understand and appreciate this novel. A mental health issue may also help. I am merely a 17-year-old, so possibly my opinion doesn't matter to you, but this book matters to me. Everyone is looking for someone to connect with, and Holden Caulfield has transcended his "innocent" era of the Fifties to speak to many a troubled teenager. And, no, not just to schizophrenics. His days alone with the world are the ultimate description of the most difficult stage of life. It is absolutely necessary for this to continue as mandatory reading, if only for those select few who will look past the "goddamnits" to see the true spirit of a boy struggling to grow up and still hold on to his childhood. Holden keeps his dead brother's baseball mitt; I keep my Barbie doll. What do you hold on to?
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Summary: full of pessimism but really good
Review: it was a good book. when i read it for english class, i wanted to read it ahead of everyone because the chapters (in my opinion) would always leave you hanging urging you to want to find out more...
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Summary: Holden Caufield, a seventeen year old,flunks out of school.
Review: It was a wonderful book, but i think it lacked descriptive qualities usually found in other award winning books.
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Summary: catcher in the Rye
Review: It was alright, a little confusing in the beginning but I got used to it. Overall it was very realistic in my opinion.
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