Okay... I'm just going to say it, I don't get it. Maybe it went over my head but I was glad when it finished.Okay... I'm just going to say it, I don't get it. Maybe it went over my head but I was glad when it finished....more
It can't possibly be that hard to catch an invisible man. Toss some flour on him or something.It can't possibly be that hard to catch an invisible man. Toss some flour on him or something....more
I must be either too old or too much of a phony to like this book. I didn't necessarily dislike this book but I didn't really enjoy it. I liked that HI must be either too old or too much of a phony to like this book. I didn't necessarily dislike this book but I didn't really enjoy it. I liked that Holden had such a clear and authentic sounding voice throughout but I got frustrated at the repetition of certain words and phrases over and over again. By the end of the book I never want to hear old before someone's name ever again. I read the first half and listened to the audiobook for the second which I preferred. It is such a small part but I loved when Holden told the man he was glad to meet him and then goes on to think to himself what a phony thing that is to say but that you need to say stuff like that if you want to survive. It's just do true. How many times have you asked someone how they were or told them you were happy to meet them when in reality neither you or the other person in the conversation care. But that is the way life is. I do wonder though if my reaction to this book and Holden's character would have been different if I had read it a decade ago when I was in highschool and not now in my mid-twenties....more
I need to honest with myself and admit that I am never going to finish this book. I was interested in reading it due to the controversy surrDNF at 38%
I need to honest with myself and admit that I am never going to finish this book. I was interested in reading it due to the controversy surrounding its original publication and the subsequent obscenity trial but I couldn't push myself to finish it. I tried reading it and listening to it as an audiobook but still couldn't get through it. I was bored and not invested in the story or characters at all. And since I don't have to write an essay on it for some English class I figured I should just accept that this book isn't for me....more
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