The Catcher in the Rye
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- Author：J.D. Salinger
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Summary
Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school。 Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up， Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society， and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents， his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection。
Reviews
Vanessa
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the main character was really unbearable and it honestly made me not enjoy the book， he's just a privileged asshole and it's impossible to sympathize w him the main character was really unbearable and it honestly made me not enjoy the book， he's just a privileged asshole and it's impossible to sympathize w him 。。。more
Sabina Guliyeva
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Kitabın əvvəllərin oxuyanda düşündüm ki， bu kitab necə olub ki Klassiklər sırasına daxil olub？！ Əsərdə ən çox istifadə edilən sözdən istifadə edəcəyəm; lap dilxor oldum ki。。 Fikirləşirdim ki， kitabın adı ilə əsərin heç bir əlaqəsi də yoxdur。 Amma yenə də maraq məni bürüdü ki， necə olub ki， bu kitab məşhurlaşıb və oxumağa davam elədim。 Əsər ilk öncə 16 yaşlı Holden Koldfildin ərköyün， vecsiz və tənbəl olması təəssüratı bağışlasa da， sonra onun həyatda insanların saxtalığını görüb biganə qalsa da Kitabın əvvəllərin oxuyanda düşündüm ki， bu kitab necə olub ki Klassiklər sırasına daxil olub？！ Əsərdə ən çox istifadə edilən sözdən istifadə edəcəyəm; lap dilxor oldum ki。。 Fikirləşirdim ki， kitabın adı ilə əsərin heç bir əlaqəsi də yoxdur。 Amma yenə də maraq məni bürüdü ki， necə olub ki， bu kitab məşhurlaşıb və oxumağa davam elədim。 Əsər ilk öncə 16 yaşlı Holden Koldfildin ərköyün， vecsiz və tənbəl olması təəssüratı bağışlasa da， sonra onun həyatda insanların saxtalığını görüb biganə qalsa da sadəcə onlardan uzaqlaşmaq istəməsi öz dilindən nəql olunur。 Bir insan niyə başqasına öz adını yox， ağlına ilk gələn adı desin ki？ Bunun altında bir neçə səbəb var， Holdenin özünəməxsus fikirlərini， keçirdiyi hissləri oxumağa dəyər， çünki əminəm ki， hamımız o hissləri yaşamışıq。 Kitabda ən sevdiyim hissələr səh。 209， 229 və 248; xüsusilə də balaca Fibi ilə qardaşı Holdenin bir-birilərini anlamaqları， bacı-qardaş sevgisi çox gözəl təsvir olunub☺️❤️Bir daha əmin oldum ki， uşaqlar böyüklərdən daha əmin addımlarla həyatda yürüyürlər， onları heç bir maneə qorxutmur， əksinə arzularına çatmaq üçün başları daim dik， addımları yeyin olur。 Bu kitab Klassiklər siyahısında olmağa layiq imiş！💯 。。。more
wirt
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v cool ig
Donny Claxton
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It's funny。 I've never read a book about a guy who thought he was so depressed and all。 It killed me。 If you want to know the truth， I'm wondering how it became high school reading material when he takes the Lord's name in vain on just about every single "goddam" page。 It almost drove me crazy。 The book had me "sweating like a bastard" when was shaking "like a madman" in some of the more interesting parts。 Like I was telling you before， I liked the book and all。 J。D。 Salinger， I like him， mostly It's funny。 I've never read a book about a guy who thought he was so depressed and all。 It killed me。 If you want to know the truth， I'm wondering how it became high school reading material when he takes the Lord's name in vain on just about every single "goddam" page。 It almost drove me crazy。 The book had me "sweating like a bastard" when was shaking "like a madman" in some of the more interesting parts。 Like I was telling you before， I liked the book and all。 J。D。 Salinger， I like him， mostly。 I don't think he ever did anything "phony。" It's 11:14 at night on a Saturday。 I think I'm going to call a girl I know。 But then again， I don't think I'm in the mood。 :-） Yours Truly， Holden Caulfield 。。。more
Rachel
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This book was so “phony” in a way I definitely wasn’t expecting。 I didn’t know the actual plot before reading it， but I knew that Holden was insufferable and the book was fake deep just from general pop culture。 After reading the book， I now know that there is no plot。 Salinger definitely just thought up Holden （probably a part of himself he fixates on） and wrote the book just based on Holden and whatever the first idea was to pop into his head on how to continue the story。I liked that there rea This book was so “phony” in a way I definitely wasn’t expecting。 I didn’t know the actual plot before reading it， but I knew that Holden was insufferable and the book was fake deep just from general pop culture。 After reading the book， I now know that there is no plot。 Salinger definitely just thought up Holden （probably a part of himself he fixates on） and wrote the book just based on Holden and whatever the first idea was to pop into his head on how to continue the story。I liked that there really was no fake deepness to this， its clear that Holden is a weirdo and there’s no like philosophical paragraphs that are meant to be insightful。 In that way it wasn’t fake deep， because it wasn’t deep at all。 At times it was so boring， but I didn’t actively hate it。 Definitely took nothing away from this book and didn’t enjoy the plot at all， but there was so weirdly nice things about it， like Holden constantly saying “It kills me” or “phony” or calling people old ______。 Boring but not worth being considered anything in my opinion。 。。。more
Brooke Lewis
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I liked the authors writing style， while I did not like the story。 I did not like it for its explicit profanity and the plot being centered around sex。 I also objected to the view of the narrator which I found to be somewhat pessimistic， I believe in seeing the joy in all of the creation and yet also being realistic at the same time。
Dr。 Theresa Errante-Parrino
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Read this book back in High school for English class。 I still remember it over 25 years ago like it was just last year。 It's a classic。 Read this book back in High school for English class。 I still remember it over 25 years ago like it was just last year。 It's a classic。 。。。more
Faustina Gutierrez
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I would love to read a grown up version of Holden。 I really do。 For the first part of the book I was fed up of cliches （Holden being a teenager with no real problems and just hating everybody's guts） but as I kept reading， I kind of understood。 He is struggling。 Of course he is an angsty teenager with a lot to learn。 But he is having a rough time coming to that conclusion。 He is growing up and he can't do anything about it。 If I have to talk to Holden I think I would've said the exact same thing I would love to read a grown up version of Holden。 I really do。 For the first part of the book I was fed up of cliches （Holden being a teenager with no real problems and just hating everybody's guts） but as I kept reading， I kind of understood。 He is struggling。 Of course he is an angsty teenager with a lot to learn。 But he is having a rough time coming to that conclusion。 He is growing up and he can't do anything about it。 If I have to talk to Holden I think I would've said the exact same thing old Mr。 Antolini said to him （besides that weirdo scene whit the head patting and all that I didn't understand tbh）。 I think now I'm not a teen anymore I like it more like that。 I also was afraid of growing up but it is best from here in a way。 And I would love Holden to experience that feel of peace for once。 I started hating Holden but I kind of get him。 Besides， when you are young you kind of hate everybody's guts。 。。。more
Hannah
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No review， read for school！
Emmanuel Bijaoui
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 "No， there wouldn't be。 There wouldn't be oodles of places to go to at all。 It'd be entirely different。' I said。 I was getting depressed as hell again""Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard; and when you mention it to the girl， she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex。。。maybe he does but that doesn't keep him from being a bastard， in my opinion" "No， there wouldn't be。 There wouldn't be oodles of places to go to at all。 It'd be entirely different。' I said。 I was getting depressed as hell again""Every time you mention some guy that's strictly a bastard; and when you mention it to the girl， she'll tell you he has an inferiority complex。。。maybe he does but that doesn't keep him from being a bastard， in my opinion" 。。。more
Nika
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finish the book。 it gets really good around chapter 21
D。 D
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This book damn near killed me。 That killed me。Great book for teenagers。 It made me feel more normal， especially Holden’s mood swings。 I liked the ending too。 I would've never guessed when it came out but I think that makes the book even better。 This book damn near killed me。 That killed me。Great book for teenagers。 It made me feel more normal， especially Holden’s mood swings。 I liked the ending too。 I would've never guessed when it came out but I think that makes the book even better。 。。。more
Alain Verheij
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Let’s just say it didn’t kill me。 I know the book was written more than 70 years ago， but in the meantime I think we’ve seen enough of this white male adolescent depressed incel literature。 Didn’t age that well， I guess。 The book’s a pageturner， which is partly because of its entertaining quality and partly because Salinger uses a pretty small vocabulary。 I don’t regret reading it， that’s all
ReidsReads
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From what I understand this book is famous because it so accurately depicts what it's like to listen to an angsty teen complain for a few hours。 The only problem is that it's as insufferable to read about as it is to listen to in real life。 From what I understand this book is famous because it so accurately depicts what it's like to listen to an angsty teen complain for a few hours。 The only problem is that it's as insufferable to read about as it is to listen to in real life。 。。。more
Damian
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A book about a depressing boy who gets depressed by everybody and also depresses everybody 🤣 was an interesting read but i got depressed from it and i cant figure out what else besides depression was i supposed to get out from it？ 🤣 but still a 4 stars because it isnt too bad。
Ella
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 my original thought for why so many people disliked this book was that everyone is afraid of admitting that even just a small portion of their internal monologue parallels that of holden caulfield。 since finishing this book however， i don't firmly stand with my original line of thought， although i still think it's an interesting theoryanyways， after hearing a friend of mine read this， i got it from my school library （with some difficulty， as it was hiding like behind some shelf and the librarian my original thought for why so many people disliked this book was that everyone is afraid of admitting that even just a small portion of their internal monologue parallels that of holden caulfield。 since finishing this book however， i don't firmly stand with my original line of thought， although i still think it's an interesting theoryanyways， after hearing a friend of mine read this， i got it from my school library （with some difficulty， as it was hiding like behind some shelf and the librarian couldn't find it and there was a bit of a debacle but that's neither here nor there）。 at first i agreed with the seemingly common consensus i'd see on goodreads， that holden caulfield is simply annoying and this book does not have a great appeal。 but as i read it my opinion ebbed and flowed （ah ebb and flow by heather smith， a beautiful book） and as much as i hate to use this expression， holden caulfield grew on me。 maybe it was the pretentious intellectualism or that rather arrogant thought process that somehow everyone except yourself is fake， but i began to enjoy itand then suddenly: "anyway， i keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all。 thousands of little kids， and nobody's around - nobody big， i mean - except me。 and i'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff。 what i have to do， i have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - i mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going i have to come out from somewhere and catch them。 that's all i'd do all day。 i'd just be the catcher in the rye and all。 i know it's crazy， but that's the only thing i'd really like to be。 i know it's crazy。" after reading that bit， i had a rough understanding of what it meant but it wasn't until after i finished the book & began to read up on it that i recognized the central themeholden sees these words scrabbled onto the wall and his fear is that the children there。。。they will soon grow and they'll begin to understand these words and just like that， they're innocence will slowly deteriorate。 he longs to prevent people from running off this cliff of youth and falling into the depths of adulthood， this trap of forgotten innocence。 and eventually， holden himself gives his younger sister his hunting cap， reversing the roles in their relationship。 holden had continually looked out for phoebe， this dear sister of his that he loved， and he just wants to prevent her from losing this pure virtue she holds。 but now， as she holds the cap， their roles are switched and he needs someone to prevent him from toppling over the cliff and tumbling into an adult so as i stopped crying （the bit that i had）， i realized that this is a good book。 i understand if you find the character a pain and unbearable。 many， including my english teacher， have no tolerance for people like this in books。 i understand if the overbearing amount of constant language thrown in by the author to make the character relatable （at least that's what i think one of the main goals was） is bothersome。 but such an irksome teen， along with his deafening internal monologue， having his passion be to wish that children would be able to retain their innocence and joy is something sadly beautifuls/o : a friend of mine for reading this & then suggesting that i read it。 thanks hon :） 。。。more
Neeraj Arunkumar
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"Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb， I had this feeling that I'd never get to the other side of the street。 I thought I'd just go down， down， down， and nobody'd ever see me again"“She ran and bought her ticket and got back on the goddam carrousel just in time。Then she walked all the way around it till she got her own horse back。 Then she got on it。She waved to me and I waved back。” "Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb， I had this feeling that I'd never get to the other side of the street。 I thought I'd just go down， down， down， and nobody'd ever see me again"“She ran and bought her ticket and got back on the goddam carrousel just in time。Then she walked all the way around it till she got her own horse back。 Then she got on it。She waved to me and I waved back。” 。。。more
Lucie
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J'ai trouvé ce livre vraiment long， il ne se passe pas grand chose。 Je voulais le terminer quand même car c'est un classique， mais je ne suis pas convaincue。。。 J'ai trouvé ce livre vraiment long， il ne se passe pas grand chose。 Je voulais le terminer quand même car c'est un classique， mais je ne suis pas convaincue。。。 。。。more
Arely Bueso
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 El guardián entre el Centeno J。 D。 Salinger Este clásico estadounidense， lo tenía en mis pendientes desde hace mucho tiempo。 Los primeros capítulos fueron bastante pesados， por la forma de hablar de Holden Caulfield el personaje principal， un adolescente de 16 años que aparenta físicamente mucha más edad， de la forma de expresar sus emociones， sus problemas y toda la situación de su día a día buscando su lugar en la sociedad que le fue planteada。 Nada fácil lo tenía porque los ideales que le pre El guardián entre el Centeno J。 D。 Salinger Este clásico estadounidense， lo tenía en mis pendientes desde hace mucho tiempo。 Los primeros capítulos fueron bastante pesados， por la forma de hablar de Holden Caulfield el personaje principal， un adolescente de 16 años que aparenta físicamente mucha más edad， de la forma de expresar sus emociones， sus problemas y toda la situación de su día a día buscando su lugar en la sociedad que le fue planteada。 Nada fácil lo tenía porque los ideales que le presentaba ésta eran unos y los de él eran otros。 A Holden， todo le parece mal， se queja de casi todo y reconoce a muy pocas personas， dignas de su admiración o manifestar de buena manera que son inteligentes。 Pero estos primeros capítulos nos hacen conocer a Holden， en verdad un joven muy solitario， que dice muchas palabrotas， dice lo que cree es correcto para los demás aunque en el fondo piensa que lo hace hipócritamente。 El autor nos da una idea de qué persona más “extraña” nos conducirá por esta historia。 Conforme avanza la lectura me conmueve llegar al punto donde dices “ahhhh por esto se llama así el libro”。 Porque es en esta parte donde Holden expresa con total sinceridad lo que quiere ser en la vida。 Por momentos abrumadora， por momentos divertida y otras veces incomprensible y muy triste， así es esta obra。 Además con vigencia de una situación que hoy en día se toma muy seriamente: El Bullying。 Un libro que rebasa más de140 millones de copias vendidas alrededor del mundo， desde su publicación y contando。 En mi opinión personal es un libro que debe ser leído， no se puede negar su impacto social y el fenómeno literario en el cual se convirtió。 Leerlo hoy siendo mayor ha sido toda una aventura， un viaje al pasado， conocer cuánto se identificaron los adolescentes de aquella época （1940-1950） con alguien como Holden， que de alguna manera compartían sentimientos y actitudes similares， el desprecio de Holden hacia ciertas personas， las reglas impuestas por la sociedad que a él lo rodea， el desapego al dinero y muchas cosas más en un libro ágil y corto。 Lamentablemente coincido con este análisis y del futuro de esta obra:“Si bien El guardián entre el centeno es un texto arquetípico de la adolescencia que ha logrado llegar vivito y coleando hasta nuestra época， es muy probable que cada vez tenga menos lectores jóvenes。”Pero tendrá seguro， lectores mayores。 Espero que si lo leen， le den la oportunidad de llegar al final。 ¡Buena lectura！！ 。。。more
Asuna Kirisaki
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The story is powerful; I like how it was presented。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Joe
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We all have a little Holden in us。 This book is a great therapy session。
Norah
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3。87 ساخرة لأبعد حد و حقيقية جدًا。。
Layla ライラ
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توقفت عند الصفحة ١١٨ ولن أكمل القراءة。في العادة لا أحب أن انتقد أي كتاب بشكل سلبي كليّاً، لأنني أؤمن بأن كل كتاب لديه شيء مميّز بين طياته مهما كان الكتاب جيداً أم لا، وظاهرياً وجوهريّاً قد لا يكون متكامل حق الكمال。ولكن في حق هذا الكتاب، يجب أن افرغ عن ما جلّ في خاطري。إن هذا الكتاب من أسوأ ما قرأت。هناك الكثير من المسببات التي تجعل الكتاب مخيب للآمال وتحتل مركزها في المراتب القليلة أو الدانيّة في قائمة الكتب للقارئ، وفي هذا الكتاب بالنسبة لي أسباب ضخمة تمنعني من استمرارية قراءته والامتناع من الاقت توقفت عند الصفحة ١١٨ ولن أكمل القراءة。في العادة لا أحب أن انتقد أي كتاب بشكل سلبي كليّاً، لأنني أؤمن بأن كل كتاب لديه شيء مميّز بين طياته مهما كان الكتاب جيداً أم لا، وظاهرياً وجوهريّاً قد لا يكون متكامل حق الكمال。ولكن في حق هذا الكتاب، يجب أن افرغ عن ما جلّ في خاطري。إن هذا الكتاب من أسوأ ما قرأت。هناك الكثير من المسببات التي تجعل الكتاب مخيب للآمال وتحتل مركزها في المراتب القليلة أو الدانيّة في قائمة الكتب للقارئ، وفي هذا الكتاب بالنسبة لي أسباب ضخمة تمنعني من استمرارية قراءته والامتناع من الاقتراب منه。أولاً، عندما تشرع بالقراءة، ستنتبه لوجود الكثير من السب واللعن واستخدام اللغة البذيئة، بل حتى إنها تطغى على لغة الكتاب والكلمات المستعملة في الداخل。 فمالذي سيجعل من الحبكة جذّابة أو لها هدف أو حتى تبني الأحداث؟ لا شيء。ثانياً، الشخصيات، لم التقي بالشخصيات كاملة بسبب توقفي لقراءته حتى قبل الوصول في المنتصف، ولكن كل الشخصيات التي مررت بها كانت بلا جدوى، وليس لها معنى في قاموس ومبدأ الشخصيات في أي أدبٍ كان。كلهم متعجرفون، كلهم تحت وسيطرة وطواغية النفس。 سأجزم بأن وجود مثل هؤلاء الشخصيات في عالم الخيال أو في عالمنا الحقيقي موجودة، ولكن ما فائدة من جعل كتاب عظيم يراه الناس كهذا الكتاب شيئاً مقدساً ومرجعاً للأدب تتمركز فيه شخصيات لا تحمل أي معنى؟ بل حتى أنها لا تجعل أيّ كتاب ذو معنى。ربما لو سالنجر قام بتوضيح بعض من الأسباب التي تدفعهم للقيام بالأشياء التي يقومون بها، أو قام بتوضيح بعض من الخلفيات من شخصياتهم أو حياتهم أو ما مرّوا به، لربما لن انتقد هؤلاء الشخصيات بهذا الشكل。ثالثاً، ذكرت بأن استخدام الكلمات البذيئة كثيرة، ولكن استعملت أيضاً في توجيه هذه اللعنات لوصف بعض النساء والإناث اللاتي لم يعرفها الشخصيات من قبل أو حتى لم يروهم بعد، أو حتى لو بأنهم كانوا يعرفوهم。كما أن طريقته في التعامل مع النساء والإناث مخزية ومقرفة جداً جداً جداً。هذا مقرف حقاً。وهناك الكثير والكثير من الأسباب التي أود أن أطرحها لكنني سأتوقف هنا。لا استطيع أن أقول أكثر عن هذا الكتاب。 。。。more
Reema
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''The best thing， though， in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was。 Nobody'd move。 You could go there a hundred times， and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those fish， the birds would still be on their way south， the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole， with their pretty antlers and their pretty， skinny legs， and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket。 Nobody'd be different。 The only thing that would b ''The best thing， though， in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was。 Nobody'd move。 You could go there a hundred times， and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those fish， the birds would still be on their way south， the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole， with their pretty antlers and their pretty， skinny legs， and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket。 Nobody'd be different。 The only thing that would be different would be you。 Not that you'd be much older or anything。 It wouldn't be that， exactly。 You'd just be different， that's all。'' 。。。more
Olivia
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Wouldn’t have read this book if I didn’t have to for school - overall， pretty meh - nothing awesome， but nothing terrible
Bella
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I truly enjoyed this book。 I recently read this and I’m dying for a re-read。 It’s definitely gonna be one of my comfort reads。 I think the reason I liked it more it’s because I didn’t read it for school。 I know most people read it for school but I did not。 I really feel like Holden understood me。 The book has a lot of insight into the world rather than a plot。 If this book was written in today’s world it be a pretty big problem as it has a lot of sexism and slut shaming。
Ирина Дмитриева
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Книга быстро читается。 О переломном периоде в жизни молодого человека， поиске себя， резком неприятии других。 В целом на четверочку， повествование и размышление о его жизни。。нормально， но никак。 Вроде классика， но ничего особенного。
Anna
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Really interesting and I loved the writing style
Kristi
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He was trying too hard
Nick
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I scarcely enjoyed the actual act of reading this。 The narrator is whiny， annoying， repetitive， and ofttimes confusing。 He's listless， haphazard， and kind of reprehensible。I was going to rate this two or maybe three stars， but after finishing the book I couldn't get it out of my head。 I just kept thinking about it and came to a more affable conclusion。 This is a book whose content isn't plainly enjoyable， but its meaning is。 In context， I actually started to empathize with Holden （sometimes） and I scarcely enjoyed the actual act of reading this。 The narrator is whiny， annoying， repetitive， and ofttimes confusing。 He's listless， haphazard， and kind of reprehensible。I was going to rate this two or maybe three stars， but after finishing the book I couldn't get it out of my head。 I just kept thinking about it and came to a more affable conclusion。 This is a book whose content isn't plainly enjoyable， but its meaning is。 In context， I actually started to empathize with Holden （sometimes） and grew to partially understand his issues。 I think he has PTSD and depression and/or anxiety due to some of the life events that have occurred to him， and he fears further loss in the future。 。。。more
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