The Catcher in the Rye in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 23, 2008 Luann rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, fiction, young-adult, classics

THIS is one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century? Why? I guess I missed something. Holden Caulfield is just an unpleasant character, and nothing much ever happens in the book. I found it a chore to get through until right towards the end. I liked Holden's little sister and how much he cared for her.

I did find one quote I liked: "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and yo ...more

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Mar 23, 2008 Mita rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2008, modern-classics

True to its reputation, The Catcher in the Rye is actually quite an enjoyable book to read - assuming you can get past the the waaa-I-hate-the-world emo parts, which is substantial.

It's not as depressing as people made it out to be and I actually found some of the relationships very endearing. Holden Caulfield may feel like he's a mess of a kid, but he's not as fucked up as he painted himself to be, and maybe that's one of the reasons why many people can relate with him as a character. Just chee ...more

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Mar 04, 2009 Susan rated it did not like it

Shelves: 1001-books-to-read, 2009, 2009-spring-challenge

Gave me a absolute headache. Maybe I would have appreciated this book more as a teen, but as a mom of teens, I just wanted to smack him. Sorry to offend anyone who enjoyed it.

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Aug 28, 2007 Joanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookclub, 1001-book-list, banned-challenged

Even though some of us had read this back in high school we decided to do it for book club. It's funny to go back and re-read a book like this, I got so much more out of it than I did in high school. ...more

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