Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: Overrated Piece Of American Lit.
Review: Catcher in the Rye was an enjoyable and worthwhile read, but everyone's enormous praise for this book made it a huge letdown. It's very preachy and the points it makes are misplaced.
Holden, the main character, is extremely cynical, sometimes understandable, sometimes not, and is yellow.
With all of the people who have fallen in love with this book over the years, it makes me wonder if there is something wrong with them, or something wrong with me.

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Summary: A timeless classic
Review: Catcher in the Rye was an excellant book. Most high schoolers find it much easier to read than Hawthorne or Shakespere. The main character, Holden is very interesting. His strange ways and beliefs is what makes the book. Unfortunetly his attitude gets a little boring, and his strange ways tiresome. But Holden experiences keeps you anticipating from chapter to chapter. I recommend it to people of any age.

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Summary: Great for teenagers
Review: Catcher in the Rye was one of my favorite books. I read this book as a sophomore in high school and I absolutely loved it. I don't read books very often, but this one caught my eye. I think it was mainly because the main character, Holden Caulfield, is the narrator of the book and he is a teenager himself. He tells the story how a teenager would tell it, however, he does curse occasionally. The way he tells the story, and how he lives his life as a teenager really interested me and I think that's why I liked this book so much. So give it a shot, what do you have to lose?

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Summary: You can't rub out words on the wall, but you could read this
Review: Catcher in the Rye was the book that got me started on my Salinger feeding frenzy. Once I read this, I couldn't read anything by another author for about three months. Luckily, all Salinger's are so good that I was never disappointed in my literary idol. I don't believe that there is anyone out there who cannot identify with Holden Caulfield and the "trauma" he is going through. The book is soooooooo absorbing that I finished it in about three hours, from cover to cover, and then read it again. I identify with Holden, and the fact that he is attempting to find his place out there somewhere amongst all the "phonies". Reading this has helped me find the path to who I am, along with a loooottt of the other Salinger stories. And no, it's not because I don't believe in God that I identify with Holden. I may be having a teensy religious rebellion, but that has nothing to do with it. Catcher in the Rye is one of THE BEST books you could read as a teenager, along with the other JDS's of course.

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Summary: The Greatest Book of all time
Review: Catcher in the Rye's greatness lies in its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. Holden's life is a perfect picture of adolescent male life, in the way he sees the world, in the way he sees himself, and especially in the way he sees other people. His concept of "phoniness" describes incredibly accurately the vast majority of adults in the world. Salinger manages to transmit emotions perfectly though Holden to the reader, and can show even the most ignorant, self-absorbed, and phony adults what its like to be a righteously despressed and pessimistic youth in a corrupt world. Holden even beat out Tom Sawyer to become the single greatest literary character of all time.

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Summary: There is a little bit of Holden in all of us.
Review: Catcher in the Rye, a book that I have always heard of ever since I was in school. I never knew what it meant, what it was about, and why it was so special, until now. I read this masterpiece of literature by J.D.Salinger this year, and this had to be one of my favorites of all time. Surrounded by controversey, and criticism, this book met up to all of my expectations. The writing style is what makes the book so powerful. The use of the normal everyday english, a style so at ease that it is a comfortable book to read, and more importantly to understand. You must understand this book in order to feel the complete effect of Holden Caufield, and his quest to find himself. The book has been critisized for its so called "unappropriate" language, and disturbing topics. I don't understand why, because what Holden does, and says are things that are not new to us, his language and many of his thoughts are common to many people, especially of his age. This book is definately one that I would read again. It feels good to finally read a book that I understand, and can, in some ways, relate to Holden. That is the most important aspect of the book, I believe that people can relate to Holden, making a very inspirational, and valuable book. Everyone who reads this book will see a little bit of Holden Caufield in them.

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Summary: catcher in the rye-a voyage of monsterous proportions
Review: catcher in the rye, a book, a lengend. the book to me was like a devil hell ride. It boiled my skin like 83 pots of boiling hash oil. the raven cries... laissez-faire! the lights, the carnage.. who wilt cry last when the world shares it horrage with the world. not a story, the CATCHER IN THE RYE is no book, it is a way of life. It engrips your being with the hold of 1 million lumberjacks

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Summary: Simply Perfect
Review: Catcher in the Rye, I read the book when I was in the same mood with Holden Caulfield. So, the book explained my depression to me and made me understand the reasons of it. J.D. Salinger changed my whole life with this masterpiece, Catcher in the Rye will be my best book forever. Only one or two books can manage to impress me this much.

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Summary: Best book ever? HA!
Review: Catcher in the Rye, was to put it simply, horrible. I am a 17 year old high school student, and luckily I was not forced to endure reading this book as many of my classmates were this year. I did however read it several years ago and did not like it one bit. It was so bad I couldn't even finish the book. I skimmed through the last few pages, hoping to find a ray of light, a glimmer of wisdom or some gem of knowledge that I had missed but found none what so ever.Recently I re-read parts of the book to see if I was missing something, but it was to no avail. To put it simply, Holden is a punk. People tell me that maybe I don't identify with the character, can't recognize his struggles or what he is going through. I think part of the reason I didn't like this book is because I can identify with all of those things and can see Holdens' point of view better than he can. All of these adults who say that this is such a great book probably do so because they have forgotten what teen-angst feels like, or never even felt it in the first place and want to pretend they have. I have never met a teenager that has liked this book, and our English Honors class is very well read. The teachers, adults, and librarians will rave on and on about it, but only because they have forgotten a part of themselves in adulthood. That feeling of imortality and hatred towards our parents which they say we all have (but none of us seem to notice). This book didn't teach me anything. For all of its angst, dischours, and depression, it dosen't have a focus, a purpose, or anything to direct it all at. It just blindly throws rage at the world like it's free and will never run out. By the time your at the end you feel like saying "So What?" Maybe that's what they want, but it's not anygood when that's already how you feel. Perhaps because I identify with Holdens' feelings so much I don't identify with him at all and despise him. In the end, Holden leaves so much anger and rage that it all becomes inadequate.! By the way if you liked this book, or didn't, but took the time to read it, something tells me that you will love Joseph Heller's, CATCH-22.

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Summary: Great.
Review: Catcher in the Rye--a overall just great book..one that I can identify with since I am in high school right now. I usually do not read unless assigned by school but someone recommended it and I couldnt put it down. He was on a search to find himself, just as I am. :) read it!!