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I love: books, music, being honest when I write opinions!, David, and SHOES!! And also Leeds university for giving me something fun to do for the next 3 years!
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I first read this book ages ago and it is one of the few books I've wanted to read again and again...I think I've read it about 4 times now, and each time I notice something different, so it's not like reading the same thing over and over, if you understand what I mean!
J.D.Salinger is a really clever author, he writes as Holden Caulfield in a natural, believable way. You feel like you get to know Holden by the end of the book, and understand his character. The other characters are believable, if slightly exaggerated. Holden's little sister in particular is really funny, in the bit where he sneaks into his own house in the middle of the night as he hasn't yet told his parents about being expelled from school.
You get a real insight into Holden's character through Salinger's narrative, and feel as though you understand him and the proablems he faces.
I'd say this was one of my favourite books, and well worth reading. If you've read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath or Girl, Interrrupted by Susanna Kaysen, or even Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest or anything similar to that and liked it, I'd strongly reccomend The Catcher in the Rye.
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Since his debut in 1951 asThe Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous ... more
with "cynical adolescent". Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sou...
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Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous ... more
with "cynical adolescent". Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that so...
Postage & Packaging: £2.75 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Advantages: A gripping read ; Superb characters ; A book all teenager's can relate to ; Inspired Richey James Edwards Disadvantages: Too short ; I never want it too end
Mar 12th, 2001
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