Jennifer Vollbrecht 2008-05-03

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

I ordered the book over a month ago. Still waiting for it.... I have contacted the seller and he has yet to reply. Don't buy from this seller!

R. Liebespach 2008-04-24

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

I couldn't stand this book in high school, and I can't stand it now!
I couldn't stand it in high school because I found it very depressing.... full of despair and gloom. Perhaps the author should have had Holden commit suicide somewhere in the early chapters... then he could have spared us the agony of reading about his pathetic life.
I can't stand it now because the language is coarse and crude, beyond where it needs to be.
I guess the author thought it was either important or fun to have us rattle around inside of Holden Caulfield's head...
Really though. it could have all be summarized by that 4 line diddy on Hee Haw...
"Gloom, despair and agony on me-e!
Deep dark depression, excessive misery-y!
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair and agony on me-e-e!"
There, now you don't even need the Cliff's Notes version.

Xenocrates 2008-03-29

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest.

Unless you have issues with the course language, you should anticipate an amusing account of events as Holden is thrown out of prep school. The tale is told as Holden recites the two day episode after having been kicked out. The events are conveyed as though Holden is speaking candidly to the reader; which is a style I found enjoyable.

The Catcher in the Rye flows nicely and presents an effortless journey into the mind of Holden Caulfield. As one of the more popular fictional works of the 20th century, this impression alone should be sufficient to entice any reader. While I personally would not bestow the book with quite that level of praise, I do feel it offers a worthwhile undertaking.

Danielle R. Woodard 2008-01-12

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

I didnt get this book untill christmas eve hours before I had to give it as a gift, defantly in used condition

D. Mallory 2007-11-30

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

I just don't get the hype... Yes, I've read the whole thing (in h/s and in my adult life) but, for something that has been touted as one of the greatest novels ever written it sure is a tough read! And it's not that it was above my head, it was just plain old poorly written in my humble opinion. The grammar was beyond horrible. I think my 10 year old son could've done a better job.

I wanted to like this, even love it because we've always been told about what a "classic" and "must read" it was... but, in the end, I was just miserable.

Sorry, but, I know I can't be the only one to feel this way, right?