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Summary: An irritating, confusing but very interesting story!
Review: A story about love and hate, obsession and confused minds! Told very fascinating, but I must confess I didn't get the point of the ending. I would have wanted a clear ending! What happened after driving in the bus? Did they get together et last ? And what about their parents? Well maybe that is the intention of Mr. Webb, to confuse us and make us think about it, at least the book stays unforgettable and unique.Simin & Gabriel,
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Summary: An American Classic
Review: As for all those extremely negative Swiss reviews, I guess this book and the white suburban upper middle class American sub-culture it so accurately portrays do not come across as funny and as true to people from other cultures. That's understandable; I may not be able to fully relate to an accurate tale of European life. This apparent lack of universality is a valid complaint. But the book sure rings true to me. Benjamin's frustration and rebellion are all part of the normal search for meaning and self-fulfillment that many people go through. It's a classic American coming-of-age story complete with a profound identity crisis. And the discussion between Ben and his father about fighting fires and sleeping with prostitutes in frozen fields -- well, it wasn't in the movie and it makes me laugh out loud each time I read it. That part alone makes the book worthwhile.
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Summary: Hard to separate from the movie
Review: As other reviewers have said, this book is only a classic because the movie is. THE GRADUATE is one of my favorite movies, and when I read this book I see Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Still, this is probably the closest novel/movie adaptation I know of. The book reads like a screenplay. It's heavy on dialogue, most of which was used verbatim in the movie, and there's very little exposition. I found this a great model for writing dialogue, as well as saying a lot in the subtle reaction of a character. But if I hadn't seen the movie, I'm not sure what I'd think.
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Summary: I'll marry you, Elaine!
Review: Ben, who has finished the university, has no more plans for his future. He don't know, was he could do the whole long days, so he starts an affair with Mrs. Robinson, a good friend his parents. But his real love is Elaine, the daughter of Mrs. Robinson, his heart is just beating for her. Mrs. Robinson wont, that Ben marry Elaine. So, she invents stupid stories about Ben and tells them Elaine. After telling those stories, Elaine is hating Ben, and she don't marry him. That book makes me laughing, a man wants to marry a girl but she has no interests in him. What a stupid idea! Ben is too naiv, perhaps he thought, that he can buy all things, also hearts, with money! All is in this text: Love, relationships, betrayl, broken friendship and scream with frustration! Dustin Hoffmann is the most perfect person to play the role of Ben in that movie. Dustin is a joker like Ben.
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Summary: Mediocre novel about a disillusioned young man
Review: Benjamin Braddock comes home after his college graduation with offers for other schools and even a major scholarship to finish his studies. Disillusioned with what the world may have in store for him, he spends most of his time lougning around his parent's pool not thinking about what to do with his future. Then, in walks Mrs. Robinson at a party his parents are throwing in his honor, and by the end of the evening, he's begun an affair with her. However, his disillusionment grows even more, and Ben finally decides that he's in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
None of the characters has any emotional depth so I wasn't attached nor could I empathize with any of them. Ben Braddock comes across as a slacker who can't make his own decisions and won't even try; he's easily manipulated by everyone with whom he comes into contact. So many times I wanted to reach into the novel and slap him for being such an educated idiot. I didn't understand the motives behind any of his actions, and the author didn't try to give any clues about it, either. The dialogue, instead of adding any emotional depth to the characters, comes across flat, unconvincing and sometimes confusing.
I forced myself to finish this book, and if I hadn't been familiar with the movie, I probably wouldn't have picked this one up after reading a few pages at the bookstore.
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Summary: A STUPID BOOK!
Review: fölsadkfkfökfk Did you understand that? Neither we did! As little as we understood the sense of this book! Who makes what with whom? Who loves who? What happens with Elaine? Who is going to marry who? How much Ben dies run away? Is that the solution? You see, question after question, no answer and no sense! Is that a book for intelligent readers? We don't think so. But it was a nice experience to read a book like this, it's something different. We don't recommend the book to you except you like reading books like this. It isn't a bad book but it isn't a book we'd like to read. again So we wish you much fun by reading this book!
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Summary: Pretty poor story with littel social criticisme
Review: Highly intelligent boy arrives at home after graduating perfectly at school, starts an affair with his father's partner's wife and later falls in love with their daughter. The daughter herself doesn't mind too much about being treated very badly as well as sexist and also excuses the affair the boy had with her mother rather quickly. Happy end after a crazy story. Little social criticism about the American way of live. This is a story about "intelligent" people who are unable to communicate on a normal basis with each other. An other step towards acceptation of affairs that can make life so painful. At least, this story shouldn't have a happy end!
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Summary: How can a author write such a story,?
Review: How can a author write such a story, full of activities in such a boring way? The dialogue is too long for the little message it gives us. In this way the movie is much better, but on the other hand the actors and actresses are looking too good for transmitting to us the details of the relationships. We think that the sound in the movie fits very well Generally the book is very easy to read. You can read and understand the whole story without a problem, it is no problem to read the book in one gp. Afterwards it is interesting to talk about the deeper sense of the story or at least some parts of it. We don't believe, that this kind of story could come true in reality. If humans would be like that, life were depressing. You don't know exactly the reasons why the persons react like they do, that's why the book seems a little bit unbelievable.
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Summary: Great book
Review: i am a beginner in English im not good in this lunguage.. this book was perfect for me cause it have a simple english..
This book also very intersting i found it very good one..
Chales Webb did great work of writing this book, anyway i like the most Elaine in the book cause she was very mystory girl and it pull me to be interst in things she did.. Just read this book for having fun..
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Summary: If you loved the movie, you'll love the book!
Review: I found this book at a used bookstore and because the movie by Mike Nichols is my favorite I bought it. I thought the movies witty dialogue came from the pen of Buck Henry, so I was really amazed to find that much of it was written by Charles Webb. The book reads much like a screenplay and it's a cool way to "watch" a movie while you're on the bus or wherever you're reading. Good luck finding a copy!
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