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| The Catcher in the Rye | 
 enlarge | Author: J.d. Salinger
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  242 reviews
Sales Rank: 169
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised edition
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 014023750X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140237504
ASIN: 014023750X
Publication Date: August 4, 1994
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| Customer Reviews:
 Catcher in the Rye goes On the Road! May 26, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like Kerouac's "On the Road", this book (Catcher in the Rye) is mindless drivel-less so than On the Road, to its credit of course, but nevertheless, the same unrelenting boring monotony of a monologue from some moron who believes the daily events in his life will have a major life changing impact on people who read about them.
This person, the author, and anyone who reads this and thinks it even average, is suffering from delusions of adequacy, and I can recommend very effective psychiatric medication, if anyone would care to contact me................!!
 I Missed the boat May 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think I was too old when I first read this book. This is a book which should be read in one's late teens, preferably alongside the discovery of Sylvia Plath. It is one of the classic novels of disaffected youth, a young man, lost in his own life, wanders aimlessly making chance encounters which force him to look at his experiences and potentially make meaning out of what seems empty and vacant. It just really doesn't cut the mustard in your early thirties with three small kids.
I'm afraid that I had little time or sympathy for the protagonist and found the whole thing faintly boring. It is undoubtedly well written, and as I say, if I had discovered it at the age of seventeen it probably would have deeply affected me. I'm quite disappointed that I missed the boat on this one.
Over rated? Yes. Good? ...Yes May 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I suppose I hate over-rated books and go in hoping to hate this but I have to admit I did enjoy it. Its not, I don't think a great American novel. It's okay and it's an interesting story but I wouldn't say it's great. Also I have problems with people saying that it's a coming of age story. In a coming of age story people grow up, we see them grow up and change from boy to man. In this book though, we follow the protagonist Holden for a few days. I was also surprised at how non-imaginative and flat the narrative was, easy to read for the most part though which makes it quick and not too much hard work. So I'd say read it for yourself and see what the fuss is about.
Thank God it's over May 18, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
For years I have heard snippets about this book. It turns up on classics lists, it's often cited as influential, and it has always been a book I have had on my own list of "must reads". I wish I hadn't bothered.
I absolutely hated it. The narrative style is irritating, condescending and boring. It's like reading a diary written by a spoilt, annoying, Emo teenager - self indulgent, repetitive and likely to leave you wanting to just slap the narrator while saying "for GOD'S SAKE, get over yourself".
By page ten I was praying for it to end.
Anyone considering reading this book should read through all the 1 star reviews first.
so so May 14, 2008
I can't really understand why this book is so well credited. I thought it was a pleasant read, made me giggle on a couple of occasions but nothing special.
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