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I am glad I finally read this book and almost wish I had been able to read when it was first written or at least when I was a teenager. I enjoyed the first person storytelling and the honesty with which Holden narrates. I imagine the book, being in a teenage boy's vernacular, is not supposed to be grammatically pleasing but sometimes the language and sentence structure made it hard for me to read. As the mother of a 13 year old boy some of the story was cringe worthy. I cannot imagine my son, ev
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None of the English classes I took in high school ever included this book in the syllabus. In recent years, I had read/heard about it over and over and always meant to read it because I knew it is considered a classic. My daughter read it last year for 11th grade English and loved it so I decided it was time to try it. I've got to admnit unfortuantely that I just don't get this book. I don't understand what it is supposed to be about. Holden Caulfield has recently been asked to leave his boardin
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Summary: Teen angst mixed with a digestable dollop of life's larger thoughts and ideas.
Things I liked:
The narrative style: The voice of narrator is amusing and self reflective. I enjoyed the observations he made and style in which he made them.
Things I thought could have been improved: I found the end of the book quite jarring (view spoiler) I guess this was in keeping with the general style of the book.
Standout feature: I thought Hold ...more
Things I liked:
The narrative style: The voice of narrator is amusing and self reflective. I enjoyed the observations he made and style in which he made them.
Things I thought could have been improved: I found the end of the book quite jarring (view spoiler) I guess this was in keeping with the general style of the book.
Standout feature: I thought Hold ...more
Jul 30, 2012
Ebster Davis
marked it as to-read
Nov 27, 2012
Tamara Metz
marked it as to-read
