Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

78 reviews

mbichaela's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

ENG
i gave this book such a high rating because i did an essay on it. however, i did not like this book - it was so boring and i did not care about any of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child death

bell5a_xox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

cdelmage24's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was very, very slow. I liked some aspects of the book, but not many. If you're looking for a classic book to read that's good, i would not recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Lesbophobia

melchior's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This 16-years-old jerk really hates phonies on 1950's New York. Boy, does he hate them. He's really bitter and all, about flunking out of school, for one. Sad too. He pent up all this frustration and anger and all. So he spends a whole book complaining about phonies and himself and everything. He really does, no kidding. It's not even very coherent most of the time. Anyway, the thing is, this book really kills me, it really does. It's grand. But he'd hate it if I said that, he really would. And if you read this book, you'll also hate it too. But you'll kind of love it as well. You really would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Classism, Mental illness, and Homophobia

renatalikes2read's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Made me cry. Encompasses the frustrations faced in the transition from childhood to adulthood. It’s unlikable if you don’t focus on putting yourself in Holden’s shoes, because by looking at him from the outside, he is a pretty shitty person. That’s the beauty of the book; most teenagers are the exact same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

_cheshirecxt's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pedophilia

nickoliver's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 I really need to think on this a bit more. I hated reading this book with a passion, but after a while, I realised I needed to look at it from another angle too. So I will do that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Pedophilia, Gun violence, and Suicide

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship