Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: Excellent novel
Review: This is a great book; I couldn't put it down. I wasn't required to read it, but heard it was very good and I agree. Holden's writing is so realistic, even more than fifty years later.

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Summary: Immortal Teenage Novel
Review: This is a great tale of the alienation of youth and it examines that which we hold dear in society. Holden Caulfield is the protagonist, a sixteen year-old expelled from school for apathy, but he is intelligent, and picks up on many inconsistencies and hypocracies in society. This is two days from his life, and it is edgy and entertaining after all these years. Brilliant writing.

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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: This is a little masterpiece of a book which is told beautifully in the first person.It narrates the cynical thoughts of its hero cleverly and compulsively as he goes to new york for three days after getting kicked out of school.That is the plot for what it's worth,but the book is mainly about author Salingers cynical take on life and the human race(I suppose this is why,even now,he's a recluse).The hero of the book,Holden Caulfield,is grieving over his dead brother and this is,in my humble opinion,salingers device for putting older more cynical thoughts into his young heros'.I do feel that we all learn of the "phoniness" as we grow up but I would have found it a little hard to swallow that such a young man could be SO extreme without Salingers device.On the subject of phoniness I'm sure we could all talk for hours.For me,what makes this a great book is the prose which is fantastic.

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Summary: You either love this book or you hate it
Review: This is a love it or hate it type book. I for one, loved it. It was a great book because it perfectly captured Holden's teenage angst. This book really reminds me of To Kill a Mockingbird because both books deal with loss of innocence. Holden is going through this loss of innocence in the book, and he seems to think that he's alone in the world in this passage from child to adult. Although I would never say this book is as good as To Kill a Mockingbird, it still does a pretty nice job of what I think Salinger was trying to accomplish. And that of course is what helps to make this objectively a "good book," the fact that you as the reader can easily grasp this book and enjoy what the author is trying to tell you. I would reccomend this book to anyone just simply because while I can't say everyone will like this book, it is by an intelligemt peson's standards, a "good book."

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Summary: A Psychological Novel That Is Actually Easy to Read!
Review: This is a modern psychological novel I enjoyed very much, probably because it was a lot easier to read than other novels that explore the depths of the human mind, such as A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man. Holden Caulfield is one of my favorite characters in literature. I like him because he is so human. Yes, he's a phony, yes, he is inconsistent, and yes, he has pointless pet peeves, but when I look at the world, I see that we all possess these characteristics. Overall, Holden is a nice, caring guy, but he has major problems. The novel is extremely entertaining, and Holden's comments are hilarious. Many of his observations about life and people are dead-on. Salinger tells this story almost flawlessly, and I especially love the ending - nothing happens. This was a book I had to read for school, which means I had to read it looking for themes, symbols, and patterns, and because Holden is such a round character, these things just jumped out at me while I was reading. This novel is an excellent chronicle of the "troubled teen," and I think that as time progresses, the greatness of this book will be realized even more.

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Summary: non-phonies will love this goddam funny book
Review: This is a pretty good goddam book, and is good to all non-phonies. If you're corny and say its a goddam literary masterpiece, thats allright, but i think youre a goddam phony. Very good book.

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Summary: The best book i've ever read
Review: This is a prety good book, where Holden Coufield shows you a way to manage life. Here you find a grat story about a teenager that can't comprend life, but in the other way he lives his way.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is a really great book, but the ending wasn't so great.

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Summary: What else can I say? The best book I've ever read.
Review: This is a superb book. I loved it 100%, besides one problem. I thought after I finished it, why was this book written? I agree with, I think one else said this. It gives no reason, and no plot, but I loved it to much to not for it to exist. There is no reason for it to exist though, but too good of a story. I thought of it, and wondered, why did this be written, but hell, I loved it. That is my only problem. It has no plot, and every story should have a plot. I'm not one of those religious guys, and I did read it correctly, pretending that you are Holden Caulfield. That's why I like it. The story is great. It could effect some minds though, but not mine. Great book. If you like depressing books, read this. This, next to, "On the Road", by, I forgot his name. "The Firm", "The Partner", by John Grisam, and Earnest Hedington's "The Old Man and the Sea", are my favorite books. I also like the series of Terry Goodkind's, "The Sword of Truth". Though, above all, I like "The Catcher in the Rye.

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Summary: This is a "must read"!!
Review: This is a terrific book. Its full of sarcastic humor and honest likes, dislikes, and ideas of holden. i can't see that there is any way that everybody wont relate to this book. the author gets into the mind of holden caulfield so well, that you cant help saying "wow, thats exactly how i feel", or "thats exactly what happened to me". i could go on forever about how great this book is, but ill just end with saying that this is a great book that everyone should read at least once, if not more times in their life.