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Catcher in the Rye

PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i was gonna post in the catcher in the rye thread but i couldnt find it so i guess i have to start a new one.

i have this thing where i read this book every year. i dont know why i just like the story alot. holden is also like the single most relatable character ever for me. its kinda weird, i really like to read but after 20 pages my attention is usually shot so i have to do something else. but this is one of the few books i can just keep reading. kinda funny i should be studying for finals or im likely to fail and yet im reading this book. well im not going to pencey thats for sure.

the hooker part always gets me, how they rip off holden. have to feel sorry abit for him. but the whole story is kinda depressing i guess. still my favorite book though.
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Overrated book
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  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    nathanastin wrote:
    Overrated book

    have to disagree, I think the book lives up to it's "hype" (it's not really hype then is it?). love the book, top favorite.
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    i was gonna post in the catcher in the rye thread but i couldnt find it so i guess i have to start a new one.

    i have this thing where i read this book every year. i dont know why i just like the story alot. holden is also like the single most relatable character ever for me. its kinda weird, i really like to read but after 20 pages my attention is usually shot so i have to do something else. but this is one of the few books i can just keep reading. kinda funny i should be studying for finals or im likely to fail and yet im reading this book. well im not going to pencey thats for sure.

    the hooker part always gets me, how they rip off holden. have to feel sorry abit for him. but the whole story is kinda depressing i guess. still my favorite book though.


    you dont happen to have a thing for Jodi Foster too, do ya? : )
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I found the book to be a whole lot of nothing. It's alright but not worth modern classic status.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Holden...what a cry baby!



    Good book :)
  • chromiamchromiam Posts: 4,114
    a character who depises the very thing he is and becomes.... a phony.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    fowls wrote:
    I found the book to be a whole lot of nothing. It's alright but not worth modern classic status.

    Yeah, I agree... I guess it's one of those books that either really connects with you, or it doesn't at all.

    When I finally read it, I just remember being so disappointed after I was done.
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I got to read this book before it was hyped up for me and I really connected with it. I re-read it every so often and still enjoy it.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,297
    One of my favorite books!
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    the wolf wrote:
    you dont happen to have a thing for Jodi Foster too, do ya? : )

    no, why? i dont think ive ever seen one of her movies. i dont have much of an opinion on her.
    chromiam wrote:
    a character who depises the very thing he is and becomes.... a phony.

    he's also slighty crazy. while he might be kinda phoney, he wasnt doing it to be cool or fit in or whatever reason most had for being phoney, i think he was just trying to cope.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Aahhh!! I keep staring at this thread title the same way I keep staring at my old frazzled Catcher in the Rye book that i have to finish. I started to re-read it in JANUARY!!! and it is sitting on a counter staring at me every day that I walk by it!!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i should read this again but i'm afraid it'll lose it's greatness. i read it when i was 17 which was the perfect time for that book and was one of my favorites of all time. i'm afraid it won't be as good as an adult...like the outsiders. i thought that was the end-all, be-all movie back in the day. watched it for the first time in years on saturday and it was almost funny the acting and drama was so over-the-top. :(
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    i know what you mean about movies. i use to think the first turtles movie was the greatest thing ever then i watched it again when i was 16 and it was just a movie. but somehow i still remember it being great like i did as a kid.

    so just re-read it i dont think the magic will be lost. i could be wrong though.
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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    i read it a few times aged 15 and just re-read it over christmas, now 22.
    Holden reminds me a lot of Willy Loman (Death of a Salesman) in the way that im torn between sympathising and hating his guts. I really like the book: interesting, not classic, but im a big fan.
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    it's the only book i've ever read twice.

    I read it first around 17 years old, then again when i was like 25. I just love the randomness of it, the strange flow, and the way Holden thinks. It definitely spoke to me more at 17, but I had no exppectations back then.
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  • timrothtimroth Posts: 215
    I read both the CITR and the Outsiders in highschool. Didnt care much for CITR but I loved the Outsiders. In fact I stole a copy from my highschool and I have read it about a dozen times since.

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