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Catcher in the rye
It was about a week before I was supposed to leave home for college. My aunt had bought me a copy of that & a copy of David Copperfield, neither of which I had ever picked up. She said something about those two books being very important for a kid like me. I still havent read Copperfield all the way through. Dickens is too English for my taste. But on a whim, that night I opened up Catcher. I read it till morning. It’s cliché & corny, but I hadn’t experienced the feeling of encountering some sort of soul mate in a book until reading that book (and wouldn’t again until I got in to Kafka). I still love JD Salinger to this day. I just made my way through Franny & Zooey actually. Adored it
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@steelyfan1998
Nov 28, 2024
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@murdonner
People love being mean about this book cos they were forced to read it at school but I’ve never picked up a novel that played so beautifully and cinematically in my head. I’ve never been to the US and it‘s set way before I was born but everything was crystal clear. Doesn’t deserve the hate.
Dec 5, 2024
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@steelyfan1998
murdonner i know! people are so uncharitable and obtuse about the book its kinda crazy. it's been nearly a decade since my last full readthrough (im overdue) and the atmosphere of that book remains so clear in my head
Dec 5, 2024
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@murdonner
steelyfan1998 i am also overdue! I used to finish it and turn back to page 1 to start over I loved it that much. But somewhere along the line I moved house and lost my copy! Young me would be absolutely aghast hahaha expecting a honest re-review after you re-read 😜
Dec 5, 2024
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@bee1000
I feel like you caught Catcher in the Rye at the last possible moment! I found it lost a lot when I reread it after high school.
Nov 29, 2024
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