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Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

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tliz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The novel is particularly dense, but not in a horrible way. Salinger both made a book of its time but also so far ahead of itself. I genuinely enjoyed reading about Franny and Zooey and their intertwining lives and their struggles to find their spot in the world.
It was delightful.

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mathrio's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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ayamaro's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective fast-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

4.5

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kutreen's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective 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

3.5

This book was complicated and often difficult for me to understand. Maybe an academic or someone who has studied religions, particularly Christianity, would understand better. This book is totally driven by dialogue between characters in a variety of "scenes" that take place in different locations:

a train stop, a restaurant, a bathroom, a living room, and two bedrooms.

Nothing takes place outside of these locations. The shortest scene is 10 pages, the average is perhaps 40, and the longest is I think about 65? The first chapter/section of the book is called "Franny," and it includes the first two scenes, at the

train station and the restaurant.

It's about 50 pages. The next section is titled "Zooey," includes all the other scenes, and is the rest of the book. There are very few divisions in the book, except between some scenes in the second chapter. It's so rambly, and the people are rambly. Although it often annoyed me, I also appreciated how honest the characters were, and normal people do ramble.

I will try to summarize what I think the main lessons of this book are:
[SPOILERS! Using the spoiler function didn't work around these bullet points!]

your family understands you and affects your adulthood more than you realize
knowing a lot about religion doesn't necessarily bring you peace; in fact, it can very well cause you to spiral
when you think a lot about religion and their messiahs, you may start to see a lot of people around you to be superficial, concerned with unimportant things. You may be repulsed by their ego. It is important to remember:
- you have just as much ego as them. Yours is manifesting itself in your religious piety and judgment of others.
- you might not fully understand the messiahs, as you might think you do
- it's not bad to follow your passions and desires and callings, even though you might judge others for pursuing theirs. In fact, it would be wasteful not to. Jesus would want you to.
- a huge part of being religious is detachment, which is the opposite of picking apart others for how superficial or dumb they are

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stargirlmolly's review against another edition

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reflective fast-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

4.5

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nura_aga's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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sincerelymarinakate's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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joshlegere's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad

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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bookmarkie's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-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

4.5

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csoederholm's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Franny er desillusioneret, meget ligesom Holde Caulfield.. alle på hendes uni er simpelthen fokuserede på deres eget ego. Hun søger til religionen for at finde mening.. Hendes bror Zooey forsøger at tale hende til fornuft - hun er sandsynligvis deprimeret. Moralen ender vistnok med at være, at hun skal nære kærlighed og respekt for alle sine medmennesker.. hmm

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