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Curmudgeoness

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1. Funny you should bring this up.

Sat May 31, 2014, 09:46 PM

May 2014

I am about halfway through that book right now. I had never read it when I should have, when I was younger, but I am working through some of the popular classics that I have not read.

I think that you could have a point about Holden actually sounding like a teenager instead of being phony. But I also think that the popularity could be from how much of a nerd he was. And we all know that there are a lot more teenagers who are not the in-crowd than who are. He is real.

I am not excited about the book personally, but that is because it reads like a stream of conscious novel, with rambling and changing of subject constantly....which always drives me crazy. But I will finish it. Maybe I will have a different opinion by that time.

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Funny you should bring this up. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #1

That makes a whole lot of sense. I read the book in college, and I didn't raccoon Jun 2014 #2

I think the essential problem with the book SheilaT Jun 2014 #3

Couple of things. Conch Dec 2015 #12

Thank you for your response to me. SheilaT Dec 2015 #13

The other side Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #4

At the risk of nit-picking, SheilaT Apr 2015 #5

His money does matter Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #6

You're right that money doesn't insulate Holden from unhappiness. SheilaT Apr 2015 #7

Who is he a prick to? Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #8

My recollection is that he's that way to everyone around him. SheilaT Apr 2015 #9

I still don't see it. Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #10

I read it years ago; didn't enjoy it at all. As others here have said, closeupready Apr 2015 #11

It's been a long while since I read that Menshunables Dec 2015 #14