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Jun 14, 2012
Kingfan30
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Just finished this book and it only took 2 days! I agree with some of the others, Holden is not the most likable character but there was something about this book that made me want to read on, however I felt the end was a bit abrupt and not sure what the point was. I just read that is was written in the 1940s and am shocked as I feel some of our teenagers these days probably have similar views, it certainly feels like a more modern book.
As I was in Grade 12 - so I am I over 10 years later. I am remarkably and wholly unimpressed by Salinger's writing, a protagonist I cannot relate with and find utterly worthless. I decided to read Catcher in the Rye again to see if my perspective may have changed in a decade, but I find that it has not: perhaps with more experienced eyes for literary analysis, I find this book even more trite, poorly written, and the protagonist even more unlikeable and unable to empathise with. He is no 'likea
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Jul 11, 2012
Tammy
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Should not have first read this as an adult; disliked the foul mouthed protagonist immensely.
I still have no idea why this book is so beloved. I could barely make myself finish this awful book. Just because something is deemed a 'classic' doesn't mean it's good..
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Feb 12, 2012
Cassandra Ramos
marked it as to-read
Feb 17, 2012
Karen
marked it as to-read
