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    <body><![CDATA[Resounding accuracy of the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood, goodreads?  Um yeah, maybe if all kids teetering on the brink of adulthood made you question if they were autistic and spent the majority of their free time reading the classics and going to therapy.  Don't get me wrong. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23847346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As much as people say it, this really is one of my favorite books of all time. MTV promoted it, it got a lot of press, so many people shun it and say it is overrated. I disagree.<br/><br/>I didn't read this book until last year, when I turned 21. My boyfriend owned it, it seemed like a quick read,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2001166">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is beautiful. It is a classic teenager read. I have probably read this book a million times and it never gets old. I love how honest and deep Charlie is. He will get you thinking about the good things and what really matters in life. I am inspired whenever I read this book and I hope you c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7893604">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm going to start this by saying that upon finishing the book, I asked my friend for the receipt and put my shoes on to go back to the store.<br/><br/>I'm not even going to bother with the plot (if there even is one?), but I'll simply say this.  Take a ten-year-old, give him a typewriter and push...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12706403">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is possible that the author of this book sat down and thought to himself, &quot;Alright, I have this kid - now let me try to put him through every adolescent situation that a suburban white teen faces.&quot;  Wasn't this book promoted by MTV?  It certainly does have a commercial flakiness - espec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6952455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are certain nuggets… certain lines or sentiments that I stockpile when I read.. I find them on pieces of paper towels or on the back of notebooks, I’ve stopped writing them on my arms since it grosses my husband out…. but they are still there, those little lines of self therapy that I re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13391758">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my life was nothing like his. my life was everything like his.<br/><br/>maybe i was in the right mood today, maybe it just is that damn good. it was everything i remember feeling from high school, from reading catcher in the rye and a separate peace, from driving around down to city line avenue an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11058577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chbosky makes no secret that his book's riffing off of Catcher in the Rye, but for once this is sweet rather than obnoxious, at least I thought.  A happier, more hopeful, and more sociable version of Catcher, if here can be such a thing, and much more obviously funny.  Charlie's stilted, innocent vo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7959811">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book is kind of like having a too-long conversation at a dull party with one of those people who won't talk about anything but books and bands and movies that everyone and their mom just loves. &quot;Do you like the Smiths?? Have you hear that song Asleep?? Have you heard of this book C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12709441">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books of all time. It is my staff rec at work, and I don't want to change it. There are so many things that I love about this book, and here are a couple quotes from it that I love. Actually, many quotes from it that I love. And believe me, I have a ton more. I would sit h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17123497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mindless crap that validates everyone who described themselves as &quot;misunderstood&quot; in high school. Mary-Sued to all hell, a onanistic and incomprehensible exploration of the tragic state of the &quot;shy kid.&quot;<br/><br/>Idiocy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Charlie is about to start high school, and so he begins to send letters to an anonymous stranger as an outlet for his fears. His letters continue through the school year, recording his friendships, high school life, mental issues, and ongoing battle to emerge from passivity and actively engage with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31478170">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dredging the archives of my old YA blog--from back in the day when I was a YA para-librarian. Awesome!<br/><br/><br/>Have you ever stood by and watched the world whirl past, brushing up close to the action but never actually participating?  Like, for instance, when you’re at a party and you just s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29786977">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i couldn't stop reading this book.  but i can't decide if it's kinda brilliant or too issue-y.  you know, just teen suicide, drinking, drug use, family disfunctions, homosexuality, desire, sex, domestic violence, date rape, incest, death, popularity, social relations, etc etc.  i mean i do love a go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29048523">more...</a>]]></body>
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