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The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

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Oct 31, 2018 Penny rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-list, ya, classics, 2018-around-the-year-in-52-books

HATE IT, hate it

I wish I could give 0 stars, or negative ones, this is the type of book people talk about when they say they hate reading.

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list

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Sep 13, 2016 j o r y 👻🪩 rated it did not like it

Holden Caulfield is such a shithead.

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Mar 03, 2012 Bea rated it it was ok

The whole book is the ramblings of a young man (14 or 15?) who flunks out of Pencey (a boy's school) and leaves it on a Friday. School is normally out on Wednesday, which is the day his parents are expecting him home. He lives in NYC so takes a train from his school to NYC and bums around for a few days. For 275 of the 277 pages, the reader is subjected to his rambling thoughts and actions with no particular purpose in mind. He is a young man with no goals or purpose.

I am not sure what Mr. Sali ...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Robyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I can't say enough about how much I love this book. Easily my favorite book of all time. No matter when I read it, I always get something more out of it (and I've read it no less than 10 times now over the years; and I'm not one for re-reads usually).
RIP J.D. ...more

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