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A review by fairytalerue
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
2.0
“i sick of just liking people. i wish to God i could meet somebody i could respect."
i'm gonna be honest... i only read franny's half of this. i tried to get through zooey's, really, i did. but it honestly just felt confusing and like slogging through mud, and quite frankly, i've been trying to read this for over a month and just could! not! get! through! it!
i'm still counting this as read though, because you know what, short stories count for my gr reading challenge :D
this book had /so/ much potential. a book about a supposedly perfect college student in a toxic relationship who has a religious crisis that most likely is rooted in ocd, and suddenly her whole life falls apart?? and then her older brother is sent to fix her?? and it's set in new york in the 1950s?? this had the potential to be so good.
but it wasn't.
or maybe, maybe it was good, but i just didn't understand it.
maybe i'll reread this when i'm older, and maybe then i'll understand it. maybe i'm just not in the right mindset to read philosophy. maybe i'm just too young, too confused, too shallow. i haven't read anything truly deep in a long time. maybe my brain is just too tired.
i wanted to like this so badly, i just couldn't. i'm sorry, franny, and zooey. i'm sorry, to the entire glass family. i will try one day. i promise. <3
i'm gonna be honest... i only read franny's half of this. i tried to get through zooey's, really, i did. but it honestly just felt confusing and like slogging through mud, and quite frankly, i've been trying to read this for over a month and just could! not! get! through! it!
i'm still counting this as read though, because you know what, short stories count for my gr reading challenge :D
this book had /so/ much potential. a book about a supposedly perfect college student in a toxic relationship who has a religious crisis that most likely is rooted in ocd, and suddenly her whole life falls apart?? and then her older brother is sent to fix her??
Spoiler
and they're still reeling from their oldest brothers suicide, 7 years before??but it wasn't.
or maybe, maybe it was good, but i just didn't understand it.
maybe i'll reread this when i'm older, and maybe then i'll understand it. maybe i'm just not in the right mindset to read philosophy. maybe i'm just too young, too confused, too shallow. i haven't read anything truly deep in a long time. maybe my brain is just too tired.
i wanted to like this so badly, i just couldn't. i'm sorry, franny, and zooey. i'm sorry, to the entire glass family. i will try one day. i promise. <3