Reviews tagging 'Grief'

L'attrape-coeurs by Jerome David Salinger by J.D. Salinger, J.D. Salinger

111 reviews

hollacalla's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The traumatized teen’s bible. 

I feel like it’s hard to dislike Holden if you either were a kid like him or have known kids like him. He’s deeply empathetic, deeply intelligent, deeply good with people, deeply frustrating, and deeply frustrated all in one. He is an extremely realistic portrayal of a kid who has been failed by his society, but he loves the society all the same. I can understand how this could make people uncomfortable or put off, but your tenth grade english teacher wasn’t just trying to torture you, I promise 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization

asrasher's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was like my fabourite book when I was twelve. It's such a very sweet book really. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, War

raolahcre's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is about childhood trauma, grief and the struggle to preserve innocence in a cruel world.

I felt sad after reading it. If I had read this book as a teen I would have been able to relate to Holden, but I don't think the message I would have taken away would have been the same. I think to truly appreciate this book you have to be able to afford Holden your empathy as a reader.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief

blue_04's review against another edition

1.0

emotional sad slow-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

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I read this book because 'its a classic', though I'm not sure how. I'm not kidding. Holden seems to have a terrible superiority complex that made it difficult to want to keep reading. It really did. I know part of it is supposed to be a depiction of mental illness, but instead I felt it just made him incredibly unlikeable as a character. He spends the entire book complaining about hating phony people, when hes the worst of them all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

galliardbard's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I do not understand all the hate that this novel gets. Yes, a lot of the novel is Holden complaining about his life but he's not wrong most of the time. He is trying to figure himself out and what being a person means to him and honestly that usually involves a lot of figuring out what you hate. Overall, I wish it was a little longer and we got to see or learn more about certain scenes. For example, he keeps talking about calling Sally but never does. I wish we got more on their relationship. I also am not a fan of stories that just end, although it wasn't as frustrating since Holden does go through character development it was a bit of a letdown that there isn't a solid ending in my opinion.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Alcohol

lexgrace's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Although Holden’s personality can be quite challenging to get ahold of, his story is filled with unique perspectives and emotional insights that leave you  compassionate to him and empathetic towards his struggle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Sexual harassment

This is NOT a good book to read by someone who is sensitive to profanity or self deprecating talk. Anyone with severe mental illness, disorder, emotional sensitivity, and suicidal tendencies should take extreme caution when or avoid reading this book.

bluescluesukulele's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Classism

scs033's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Sexual assault

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved this. I feel like Holden has a lot of feelings but he’s also a shitty kid who’s trying to be cool so it’s really quite funny. A really interesting character. Particularly love

his relationship with Phoebe, you can see he cares about her so much and it’s heartening to read

. The book certainly is a product of its time with some of the language used in it however.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

cornerstoned's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Gore, Self harm, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail