Catcher in the Rye

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Summary: Holden reminds me of an old boyfriend
Review: Holden's character is so believable (despite what other reviewers have said) that he actually reminds me of somebody I used to know. His language, thoughts, and actions are so similar to many modern teenagers.
When I read this book in high school I remember it made me laugh out loud and I truly enjoyed it. I decided to read it again last year (my senior year in college). I was still equally impressed with the book, but I'd forgotten how depressing it was. Holden is a negative optimist whose emotions run high and low and really take the reader there with him.
Not just a 'coming of age' book, but certainly a classic that everyone should read at least once.

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Summary: Probably the best book I've ever read.
Review: Holden's language is lovely - he writes a moving, interesting and, most importantly, thoroughly sincere story about his feelings and his thoughts on the people he encounters. It is very short, and if anyone asked me to recommend one book to them, this would be it. I fell in love with it a couple of chapters in; a masterpiece on its own terms

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Summary: Catcher in the Rye: THE TRUTH HURTS!
Review: Holden's phony. Salinger's eulogy to the non-conformist, no-b.s., see-it-how-it-is prodigy misses the mark. Anyone gifted (even by an author) with Holden's seer-like insight would be capable of cutting the crap without freaking out.
Read this book if it's the last thing you do . . . you can put that in my obituary. OUCH

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Summary: Thank you Holden Caufield
Review: Holden, You have shaped the way I live my life and influenced who I will be forever... and I am forever indebted.

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Summary: uau...
Review: HOulden should have stayed home. In thsi way, he wóuldn't have a history to tell and we wouldn't have to read this garbage.

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Summary: The book that spawned a stereotype
Review: How ironic that a book that was once hailed for boldly exposing the stereotypes of our world has now become one itself. The moody, rebellious teenager, bored with the world after a decade and a half of living, stops going to school and wanders the urban wasteland in search of himself. Catcher might have been the original, but it's now one of millions of copycat teen-angst novels. The writing may be a little better than the modern hollywoodized versions, but the subject matter is old hat today. For a typically rebellious teenager, it might be a refuge; for me, it was kind of depressing. I expected more than a whiny kid.

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Summary: The kind of book that changes lives.
Review: How is it that some people can dismiss The Catcher in the Rye with the simple phrase "I didn't get it"., or "there's no plot."? Those that love this book, and we all know exactly why, feel for these poor people. This is a truly timeless book and reading it is not a spectator experience. The reader must, and I say that emphatically, read between the lines with this one. How can someone read this book and forget it? Does any one not know what it's like to be Holden? But that, in itself isn't even the point. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I can't even begin to explain it to you. But for those of you that do know, you understand what it is about this truly amazing, profound and real masterpiece that has the potential to change a person's view of the world.

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Summary: Definitely worth reading!
Review: I absolutely felt that this book was worth reading. Most present day teenagers can definitely relate to some aspect of this book. In fact, older adults can also relate back to difficult times during their teenage years. There were many times, as I was reading, that I paused and thought to myself, "this same thing has happened to me or I have often felt the same way about that." Holden's "confession" in his quest to find true understanding and compassion is an odyssey that should be shared with others.

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Summary: My favorite book ever
Review: I absolutely love this book, I read the Catcher in the Rye for the first time at age 12, although, I did not understand some of what was going on the book, so I read it again, and again, and again, and each time that I read it I discover more and more how much of a masterpiece it really is. J.D. Salinger pushed forward the personality of his main character so well. I felt so much as if I was Holden Caulfield. To this day I think about Holden, he was such an interesting character. Salinger showed how confused a person can really be, while also being very much aware of what is going on. It is really difficult for me to describe the emotional attatchment I have to this book, and how much it affects me still. It is and will always be my favorite book of all time.

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Summary: A wonderful book crafted for today's teenager!
Review: I absolutely love this book. It seems almost as if it was written for my mind word for word. Blantant truth oozes from cover to cover, in a twisted harmony that reaches out and pulls you inside.