Comments on: “The Catcher in the Rye”, In Many Forms

By: lorry

lorry — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:15:22 +0000

i just finished reading it. 9th grade. it drove me crazy. the beginning was okay but by the and of the book all i could think about was going into the book and giving him some anti-depressants. i’m a so called emo and i’m nothing like holden.

By: Stasil

Stasil — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:47 +0000

Oh, Joey. A book post! Sigh. I adored CITR. Most likely bc I read it late, full into the swing of my goth sensibilites.

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:57:25 +0000

Hard to believe anybody in high school actually liked it. Way, way too emo for me even in angsty early teen-hood. Informed the teacher I would gladly accept a zero on the assignment in exchange for not having to pollute my brain with such overwrought nonsense.

By: Oblivion

Oblivion — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:21:59 +0000

Garnigal, I had the same reaction, and yet I read it in a non-uniformed 11-th grade class. I couldn’t stand him then, and reading the opening paragraph now instantly reminded me why. I NEVER got the attraction. *shrug*

By: Garnigal

Garnigal — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:30:47 +0000

No uniforms at my school, and no Catcher in the Rye, either. I didn’t read it until I was 25 – which is a terrible age to read it. Hated it with a deep and abiding passion. I couldn’t deal with Holden’s emo wankfest.

By: Sean Galbraith

Sean Galbraith — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:14:29 +0000

Funny you should mention those two books… I don’t think I read anything between reading Catcher in the Rye sometime in high school and reading a Coupland book in university. And I went to a private high school avec uniforms.