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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A Perfect Day for Bananafish - 5/5
Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut - 4/5
Just Before the War with the Eskimos - 3.5/5
The Laughing Man - 5/5
Down at the Dinghy - 3.5/5
For Esmé - with Love and Squalor - 5/5
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes - 3/5
De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period - 4/5
Teddy - 5/5
Rereading this as an adult, it hits me so much harder how much early parenthood is in this collection. Precocious children and the miserable people who surround them, who may in turn feed into the transformation of those children full of wonder and joy and intelligence into that miserable form over time. Or pull them out of it. The deep spirituality Salinger writes about always comes to a head with the material reality the characters face. “Nothing in the voice of the cicada intimates how soon it will die.”
Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut - 4/5
Just Before the War with the Eskimos - 3.5/5
The Laughing Man - 5/5
Down at the Dinghy - 3.5/5
For Esmé - with Love and Squalor - 5/5
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes - 3/5
De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period - 4/5
Teddy - 5/5
Rereading this as an adult, it hits me so much harder how much early parenthood is in this collection. Precocious children and the miserable people who surround them, who may in turn feed into the transformation of those children full of wonder and joy and intelligence into that miserable form over time. Or pull them out of it. The deep spirituality Salinger writes about always comes to a head with the material reality the characters face. “Nothing in the voice of the cicada intimates how soon it will die.”
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love the writing style, but the stories ended too abruptly for me to give this book more than 3 stars. Rated PG 13 for language and, in some stories, sexual innuendo or violence.
fast-paced
This collection was a delight to read. I was surprised by narrative turns at every story and loved his characterization of children especially.
funny
reflective
medium-paced