Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Nicky's Book Review/Rant on The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

HELLO PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET! *waves*
I am BACK! *evil laughter*
haha ok, so today I am going to give a book review on The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger!

Why am I reading it: I am reading this book for English class
Rate: I rate it 0 out of 5 stars
Why do I rate this: The entire book Holden just complains about his life, which by the way isn't that bad... It has a very poor plot line and put me to sleep, I HAVE NEVER FOUND A BOOK THAT MAKES ME FALL ASLEEP O.O
Do I recommend it: no, unless you are having trouble sleeping ;D

OK! I wanna burn this book. It is SO bad >.<
(I am actually doing that tonight XD)

The ENTIRE time Holden mopes around the city complaining about his life... His life isnt even that bad! OnO
He doesn't like anything! I found him so annoying and I just wanted to throw the book against the wall. I found him repetitive and immature. Ugh it was bad...

So thats my book review i guess XD

xoxo
~Nicky

6 comments:

  1. XD lol. I'm actually reading it right now. ;P Only on the first chapter though so I can't say whether I agree with you or not yet.

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  2. I disagree that he did nothing because it really is interesting if you look into the symbols and the psychology behind his decisions. It's one of the first books written about teenage psychology, which may seem boring now that there's so many books written in the perspective of teenagers, but it's cool that it portrayed teen angst so accurately for the first book of its kind. Idk, maybe I just like it because I'm an angsty teenager myself sometimes xD

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    1. True XD
      I just mostly didnt like it cause he complained so much XD

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  3. Yeah true that's just what teen angst is I guess xD

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  4. Personally, I loved this book.
    Holden might mope around a lot, but it's because he doesn't understand his own emotions or how to cope with them. The entire story is about him finding and understanding himself. Everyone does that in different ways, and his happened to be making choices that are inherently bad according to others. His way involved complaining about everything to cover up the complex emotions he was feeling.

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