Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye
There's only one word to describe this entire book--WOW, just wow.
I'm astounded at how this can even be considered a classic, let alone a piece literature at all. Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read. I got all the way to chapter 5. I only read it until that chapter because I expected something to actually happen after the first or second chapter but nothing did. I skipped to the last page, where I found some closure. Turns out, nothing happens at all. Its good to know one isn't being presumptuous.
The narrator is supposed to be 16 years old, this doesn't justify the author implementing the word 'goddamn' in every sentence. Its repetitive as well as irritating. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn could pull it off, and he did--but not J. D. Salinger. Supposedly, this book is supposed to read with a teenage mentality, well I am a teenager and it has to be said that at 16 I could have wrote a book far better than this.And as boring as my life might be at times, its allot more eventful that the protagonists.
I can't stand overrated books, particularly this one. I've put it where it rightfully belongs (next to the Kite Runner).
Wow.
I'm astounded at how this can even be considered a classic, let alone a piece literature at all. Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read. I got all the way to chapter 5. I only read it until that chapter because I expected something to actually happen after the first or second chapter but nothing did. I skipped to the last page, where I found some closure. Turns out, nothing happens at all. Its good to know one isn't being presumptuous.
The narrator is supposed to be 16 years old, this doesn't justify the author implementing the word 'goddamn' in every sentence. Its repetitive as well as irritating. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn could pull it off, and he did--but not J. D. Salinger. Supposedly, this book is supposed to read with a teenage mentality, well I am a teenager and it has to be said that at 16 I could have wrote a book far better than this.And as boring as my life might be at times, its allot more eventful that the protagonists.
I can't stand overrated books, particularly this one. I've put it where it rightfully belongs (next to the Kite Runner).
Wow.
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I think it's a fantastic book. I read it over 20 years ago and I still think about the protagonist.
Different strokes 'n' shit like that...
Different strokes 'n' shit like that...
Re: Catcher in the Rye
irreligionist wrote:I think it's a fantastic book. I read it over 20 years ago and I still think about the protagonist.
Different strokes 'n' shit like that...
How so?
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Different strokes for different folks. I'm sure there's literature out there that I wouldn't rate but you would like.
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I found it infinitely touching; the reluctance, verging on vehemence to avoid growing up but knowing the inevitability of the same. The want to preserve and maintain the preciousness (however challenging and confusing) of childhood. It's been many years since I read it and I have forgotten a lot, but this is what I remember feeling when I read it.
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I've read that it helps to keep in mind that the narration is actually Holden talking to his psychiatrist or therapist, as the story reveals that he was put under psychiatric care. It was hard to pinpoint a single point that the book was trying to make, and you have to get into analyzing imagery and word choice and such, all of which makes it too much work, IMO. It was a worthwhile read for me, but nothing I'd rave about, exactly.
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This is just a pathetic and honestly idiotic dismissal of one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. I will never again pay attention to any of your recommendations for books. Your opinions on the subject of literature are just fucking worthless if you are this dismissive of The Catcher In The Rye. Maybe you'd like something with more explosions, bad diologue, and 2D, boring, sterotypical characters. For you, I reccomend anything by this guy:Lozzer wrote:There's only one word to describe this entire book--WOW, just wow.
I'm astounded at how this can even be considered a classic, let alone a piece literature at all. Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read. I got all the way to chapter 5. I only read it until that chapter because I expected something to actually happen after the first or second chapter but nothing did. I skipped to the last page, where I found some closure. Turns out, nothing happens at all. Its good to know one isn't being presumptuous.
The narrator is supposed to be 16 years old, this doesn't justify the author implementing the word 'goddamn' in every sentence. Its repetitive as well as irritating. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn could pull it off, and he did--but not J. D. Salinger. Supposedly, this book is supposed to read with a teenage mentality, well I am a teenager and it has to be said that at 16 I could have wrote a book far better than this.And as boring as my life might be at times, its allot more eventful that the protagonists.
I can't stand overrated books, particularly this one. I've put it where it rightfully belongs (next to the Kite Runner).
Wow.
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MoNF, you've been as dismissive of Lozzer as the he is about a book, do you see the problem there?
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Re: Catcher in the Rye
Right - how could he dare to speak in such dismissive manner about Catcher in the Rye, the epitome of good taste, the peak of literary development, eighth world wonder?
He should wash his mouth, kneel on some corn cobs and flagellate himself sincerely.
He should wash his mouth, kneel on some corn cobs and flagellate himself sincerely.
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Well, despite your framed question, there is no problem. When he writes shit like this:AshtonBlack wrote:MoNF, you've been as dismissive of Lozzer as the he is about a book, do you see the problem there?
He's just asking to have the piss taken out of his review. If you read my response again, you'll notice that I was attacking lozzer's opinion, not lozzer himself. I was not, despite your claim, attacking lozzer. Do you see the problem in your opinion there? I have the right on here to say someone's opinion is shit, and it's only a problem if a member attacks someone personally. Go read the rules.Lozzer wrote:Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read.
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With emphasis on the word "attacking."Manofnofaith wrote:Well, despite your framed question, there is no problem. When he writes shit like this:AshtonBlack wrote:MoNF, you've been as dismissive of Lozzer as the he is about a book, do you see the problem there?
He's just asking to have the piss taken out of his review. If you read my response again, you'll notice that I was attacking lozzer's opinion, not lozzer himself. I was not, despite your claim, attacking lozzer. Do you see the problem in your opinion there? I have the right on here to say someone's opinion is shit, and it's only a problem if a member attacks someone personally. Go read the rules.Lozzer wrote:Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read.
Yes, I know you bent over backwards NOT to ad hom.
However,
Suggests that a) You did listen to his opinion about book his recommendations in the past (care to name one?) or b) You were being JUST as dismissive of his opinion, as he was about the book.MoNF wrote: I will never again pay attention to any of your recommendations for books.
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It would be more useful if you included your reasoning why you disagree with Lozzer's review, ie make some comment about what you found of value in the book, rather than just call his review shit. You don't successfully 'take the piss' that way, not that enjoyment of reading material is any kind of pissing contest ... unless it's some kind of fetish or something ...Manofnofaith wrote:Well, despite your framed question, there is no problem. When he writes shit like this:AshtonBlack wrote:MoNF, you've been as dismissive of Lozzer as the he is about a book, do you see the problem there?
He's just asking to have the piss taken out of his review. If you read my response again, you'll notice that I was attacking lozzer's opinion, not lozzer himself. I was not, despite your claim, attacking lozzer. Do you see the problem in your opinion there? I have the right on here to say someone's opinion is shit, and it's only a problem if a member attacks someone personally. Go read the rules.Lozzer wrote:Its probably the most tedious trash I've ever had to read.
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I did. Didn't you read my original post in here? I expounded on the themes quite well.Charlou wrote:It would be more useful if you included your reasoning why you disagree with Lozzer's review, ie make some comment about what you found of value in the book,
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Right - "expounding on the themes quite well" was saying that it is "one of the greatest books of the 20th century".
Manofnofaith wrote: This is just a pathetic and honestly idiotic dismissal of one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. I will never again pay attention to any of your recommendations for books. Your opinions on the subject of literature are just fucking worthless if you are this dismissive of The Catcher In The Rye.
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I personally enjoyed the book - though it's been a while since I read it, so I couldn't pinpoint the bits that I liked. To each their own, I suppose.
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
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