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!! IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH - ITS TOO GOOD !!
By: Soldier_of_Fortune Member's photo available | Oct 28, 2009 09:14 PM

“Anyway I keep picturing all these kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of them and no one around, I mean- except me. And I am standing on the edge of some crazy cliff.... Read complete review |  Read 43 times |  Comments (12)  
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Short trip to my adolescence
By: dvijkrish Member's photo available | Apr 24, 2009 05:26 PM

The Catcher In The Rye" by J.D.SalingerYes, that’s what I wantto write about today :) It is a fiction novel. And this is the firstfiction novel, which I completed reading. Till now, I always readnon-fiction... Read complete review |  Read 104 times |  Comments (0)  
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Terrible read
By: nishant1500 | Feb 19, 2008 05:48 PM

I read classics. Perhaps the only reason why I read this book was the hype surrounding it. Bit I was greatly disappointed. This is the worst book I have ever read. The worst part of this book is the... Read complete review |  Read 539 times |  Comments (0)  
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Great Book
By: sanjuktabasu Member's photo available | Nov 05, 2007 10:22 AM

          I just finished reading this classic by JD Salinger “Catcher in the Rye”.  Reading the book was like reading a 16 year old kid, Holden Caulfield’s blog, a medium through which he is venting out... Read complete review |  Read 1389 times |  Comments (6)  

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Great English Novels-The Catcher in the Rye
By: indian1969 Star Writer | Jul 26, 2006 11:08 PM

Have you ever felt frustrated with the people around you? Did you feel irritated with those neighbors, who would try to advise you on every thing? As a teenager, did you often feel that you would... Read complete review |  Read 3186 times |  Comments (4)  
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Different, Odd and Disturbing
By: nithi_s Member's photo available | Jul 18, 2006 05:58 PM

Different, Odd and DisturbingSummary of the StoryHolden Caulfield is a teenager struggling in the mouth of madness; he is consciously and helplessly nearing a point of complete... Read complete review |  Read 1127 times |  Comments (9)  
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When insanity is the best policy!!
By: 4books | Mar 26, 2006 08:23 PM

The world was celebrating a legend called John Lennon. Channels were telecasting documentaries, newspapers had dedicated generous spaces for him and his fans all over the world lit candles in his memory.... Read complete review |  Read 1099 times |  Comments (0)  
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Horsing Around With Holden..
By: IamNothing | Jan 19, 2006 09:24 PM

There are times when we feel that we should not have grown up at all.The childhood innocence was much better than the attitude,behaviour we now have towards friends ,foes and the others.Its all filled... Read complete review |  Read 1086 times |  Comments (3)  
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Over hyped
By: review_all | Sep 27, 2005 03:44 PM

This is one of the most over hyped books I have read. The only reason why I picked up this book was the hype surrounding it. The book is very small and one can finish it really fast. The story is nothing... Read complete review |  Read 1112 times |  Comments (8)  
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Holden Caulfield PWNS j00!!1!one!1!2!
By: grey.and.cloudy | Jun 15, 2005 02:35 AM

Holden Caulfield is an alcoholic, smoker, and not to mention he has the mouth of a sailor. None the less, his character is charming and bloody realistic. Want to know how American teenagers think? Yes?... Read complete review |  Read 939 times |  Comments (2)  
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Witty, cocky, funny & sensible.Need we ask more!
By: Sachin.Kapoor Member's photo available | Mar 21, 2005 06:19 PM

There is something blatantly wrong with this world-in its very essence of glorifying the glamorous and pitying the lesser fortunate. Its hypocritical,its fake, its shallow and beyond every scope of condemnable... Read complete review |  Read 1048 times |  Comments (2)  
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Excellent book
By: WRRookie84 | Jan 07, 2005 06:54 PM

J.D. Salinger did a fantastic job at writing this book. I liked it because it was not boring and kept the reader’s interest the whole time. Most of the time when a book is assigned in school, it... Read complete review |  Read 709 times |  Comments (0)  
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my review
By: cracker1014 | Jan 07, 2005 06:35 AM

In my opinion of the novel, I thought it was alright. I wouldn’t call it an exciting book but it is a book that may keep a teen interested. The story is about a boy name Holden Caulfield who is kind of... Read complete review |  Read 475 times |  Comments (0)  
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Gosh !! I am a phony!!!
By: nikunjm Member's photo available | Dec 22, 2004 08:08 PM

And so is everyone else!! Reading this book was like looking at the world with no prejudices and in a totally straightforward manner. It was a revelation to me what now seems to be obvious. Gosh!!... Read complete review |  Read 887 times |  Comments (6)  

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With Depth
By: truth | Oct 01, 2004 12:06 PM

This book really has depth. It’s about a guy who’s completely disgusted and tired with life and everything and everyone he sees around him. He finds some annoying habit with most of his schoolmates and... Read complete review |  Read 838 times |  Comments (4)  
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Adult anomie or adolescent nihilism?
By: sriki Member's photo available | May 18, 2004 07:13 AM

This book is often cited as ’the’ book given to young adults just turning serious reading. I read it when I was 20 (perhaps 6 years too old?). Most young readers immediately identify with the protagonist... Read complete review |  Read 1135 times |  Comments (0)  
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what is wrong there ?
By: lonelydionysus Member's photo available | May 06, 2004 04:27 PM

Yeah-what is wrong there with the world?catcher in the rye is an all time great by any standard and only nine reviews that too some of them dont share their opinions with me. Agreed, people are free... Read complete review |  Read 998 times |  Comments (5)  
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no one understands me??
By: thevociferous Member's photo available | Oct 29, 2003 02:05 AM

The book was written way back in 1950’s as a first person narrative by a 16 yr old pissed off cynical insane bas@@rd.....hey hold on now dont get ne ideas coz the book is much much more than that...it’s... Read complete review |  Read 1432 times |  Comments (7)  
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A book that teaches you a life lesson
By: skoob | Apr 02, 2003 04:03 AM

Catcher in the Rye may seem like a boring book at first but if you look at what this character is trying to say then you understand that this book teaches you some lessons that you can carry with you throughout... Read complete review |  Read 1174 times |  Comments (2)  
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FOLLOW HIM THROUGH NYC AND CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN!
By: Cousin2 Member's photo available | Mar 23, 2003 11:25 PM

I read the Book THE CATCHER IN THE RYE in 1951 years ago. It was written by J.D. Salinger. It was republished in 2002. I have the paperback Book and it has 277 pages. MY REVIEW: This Book is narrated... Read complete review |  Read 3062 times |  Comments (9)  
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