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A Catcher in the Rye. An interesting read. I personally got quite bored of the long and quite useless descriptions of, say, a piece of clothing. By the last few chapters i was annoyed by the writing style and how Holden, the main character, thinks. He is very depressing and believes everything is 'p ...

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A prime example of the 'emperor's new clothes' phenomenon that seems to be plague the overly pretentious literary world. The Catcher in the Rye is an absolutely terrible book. It is self indulgent twaddle written by some overly angsty man who must be incredibly self obsessed. You learn very little ...

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The book starts out very reasonably and moves somewhat at a normal pace. The book fails to develop at a good rate. He drones on and on about these goddam gloves, or how someone's hair looks, or how such and such annoys the hell out of me. It really is possibly the worst book ever! I recently read th ...

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'Holden is more cynical than innocent '. Cynicism was originally the combined philosophies of a group of ancient Greeks known as the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes is the fourth century BC. They rejected society and advocated a simpler way of living, spurning money, religion, and other bastions of t ...

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I thought I could easily relate to it. He teaches you a lesson and takes you on a journey. It's well written but very controversial. I think that this is a wonderful read.

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This is a good read. Some might be put off by the style it is written in (50's teenage slang), but if you persevere, you build a very close bond to the protagonist and his rather disturbed outlook on life. It was a refreshing book and left me wanting more (for me, a sign of a good book). Rather ble ...

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Although initially, I was drawn in by the interesting characterisation of the protagonist, I soon wondered when something significant was actually going to happen. It didn't. I liked the way that Salinger presented existentialist issues and made them accessible to young people, but really, the book ...

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The Catcher in the Rye has realistic action, typical teenage behavior and gave me insight into the behavior of today's teenagers. Although i didn't like some of the language as it prevented some of it making sense. Overall, I thought it was insightful and realistic, easily read and understood, enjoy ...

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book- it was a great read. I was charmed by Holden and his little quirks- The character is by no means boring, and though he does repeat things, it's in a very conversational way, you really do feel like he's talking to you, and you alone- it's wonderful.

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I borrowed this book as I needed something to read which wasn't too long. The story focuses on a teenager, Holden Caulfield, who basically talks to the reader as he would a therapist. From the beginning, the audience is introduced to the fact that Holden is a very opinionated, cynical, yet deep thin ...