| | The Catcher in the Rye |  | Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Category: Book
Buy Used: £7.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  246 reviews
Media: School & Library Binding
Edition: Lrg
ISBN: 0531001725
EAN: 9780531001721
ASIN: 0531001725
Publication Date: June 1973
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| Customer Reviews:
 Definitely recommended April 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic book, although i can see why some might not enjoy it. For me it was brill- a true classic
 What the fuss is all about... April 2, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have read The Catcher in the Rye twice and I do not seem to be able to learn to love this book as most people say it deserves. I find myself unable to sympathise with the main character and I see the story as irrelevant and depressing.I keep on hoping Holden is a rarity and not an average teenager.The only character I love and the story I like the most is that of the dead brother Allie. His love for his siblings is the main character's only redeeming trait in my opinion.
 More overated than Harry Potter AND the DaVinci Code. March 28, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Truly the worlds most blown-up book. The main protagnoist fraustrated me beyond words, and if he is meant to be someone who teenagers can relate to then I pity teenagers as he seemed selfish, spolit and ungrateful- a product of a society ignorant of the strugglings and sufferings not only in third world country's but of the poor and working classes in it's own. Reading this book at degree level I cannot like it, nor warm to it, and feel that American literature has far more to offer- Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, William Faulker, Fannie Flagg- to name a few. It's really only worth the read so you can make up your own mind about it rather than believing the hype. In short, when handed a copy of this book I was told it would change my life. It didn't.
something missing March 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I know this is meant to be a classic and rating it anything other than 5stars is practically illegal, but I think a lot of people give it 5 stars because they think they're supposed to, not because they really enjoyed it that much.
I'm giving this book 4 stars. Yes, it is well-written (but often a total annoyance to read!!), there's no doubt about that. But I feel there's something missing, something not quite there. We get brilliant insight into his relationship with his sister and a couple of guys at school, but it would benefit from more description of the parent-child relationship. But then...maybe that's the whole point!!
worst book I have EVER read February 22, 2008
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
having never read this "classic" book I really thought I should. Studied Literature for A level and had to read a wide variety of books that I perhaps wouldnt always have chosen, but now in later life I thought I'd give this a go. I had to MAKE myself finish it for 2 reasons, the first being my desperate hope that the book would improve (it didnt) and the fact that I didnt want to quit. I was so angry/frustrated/annoyed that I had wasted time and money on this book that I very nearly burnt it when I had finished.
NEVER EVER read this its total rubbish.
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