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A review by togidemi
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
3.0
if any writer out there keeps preaching about Show Don't Tell but this is one of their favorite books?? don't even bother. don't. they're a PHONY. this book is like... 70% rambling monologue, 25% rambling dialogue, and 5% actual story. IT'S JUST A KID DICKING AROUND.
Maybe I'm not smart enough to care about all the symbolism and whatnot that's in this book? I just. I just do not care. That being said, I discovered I DO think Holden's an edgy bastard, but I'm not actively irritated by him. Like, he's just a lonely rambly kid, being tormented by ghostly "fuck you"s on the wall, courtesy of God/Salinger. I genuinely don't understand why so many people think he's this cool, deep guy - he's not, lmao, anyone who harbors extended fantasies of being shot in the gut for shits and giggles is automatically a BIG DORK.
also i know the writing style is hit or miss with folks but i deadass talk like him - you just have to replace "sort of" with "like", "that killed me" with "deadass", and a handful of those "goddamn"s with "fucking"s, and i could've written half those damn monologues myself - so i have no right to complain
Maybe I'm not smart enough to care about all the symbolism and whatnot that's in this book? I just. I just do not care. That being said, I discovered I DO think Holden's an edgy bastard, but I'm not actively irritated by him. Like, he's just a lonely rambly kid, being tormented by ghostly "fuck you"s on the wall, courtesy of God/Salinger. I genuinely don't understand why so many people think he's this cool, deep guy - he's not, lmao, anyone who harbors extended fantasies of being shot in the gut for shits and giggles is automatically a BIG DORK.
also i know the writing style is hit or miss with folks but i deadass talk like him - you just have to replace "sort of" with "like", "that killed me" with "deadass", and a handful of those "goddamn"s with "fucking"s, and i could've written half those damn monologues myself - so i have no right to complain