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Please, someone tell me what I just read because I have no clue. Other than listening to some teenager complain about his privileged life and how depressed everything makes him and how much he hates phonies but he's the biggest phony of them all. SIIIIGGGHHH. Even my inner angsty teenager wouldn't put up with this shizz. And I listened to a LOT of The Cure and Depeche Mode. UUUUGGGGHHH. I don't understand the fascination with this book. I'm so glad I didn't have to suffer through this in high sc
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I used to say this was my favorite book after reading it sometime in high school. Maybe teenaged me got it better than 40-something me, but Holden is a jerk except when it comes to Phoebe (after whom my first car was named!)
I read this so long ago that this was essentially reading it for the first time for me. I took me a few tries to get into the flow of Holden and is narrative. I actually found it to read better after joining him with a scotch. :)
I feel that I may need to read this again. I've read it twice: like Janet, the first time I was too young to understand it, but the second time, I just didn't like it.
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I felt like this just an over privleged white boy feeling sorry for himself. I found him annoying to be honest.
Feb 24, 2014
Tara
marked it as obligatory
May 16, 2019
Shauna
marked it as to-read
Aug 17, 2021
Sharon
marked it as to-read
Jul 12, 2007
Hannah
rated it
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