March 23, 2014
the Catcher in the Rye
Posted at 9:14 PM
No depth. No character depth, the plot made it into oblivion (there wasn't even a solid plot!). It was one event after another that didn't add to anything that would develop the book in general.First and foremost, the main character is cynical as hell. I don't know, maybe he's 15 and we already know that's a hard age to be in (or around that age). Honest to God, the usage of the words "lonesome" and "depressing" and having a negative notation to everything he comes into contact with just bleewwwwww meeeee to pieces. I literally can't. If you ever met him, touched him, gave him something, he will judge you. I repeat, he will judge you.
I feel like I've wasted my time on this book to be really honest. I can't believe some schools actually assign this book as something to read for English classes. I'm like ???????? do you guys not have some sense of what a pointless book this was? No character development? No moral? No plot depth?
And then I told my friend one time who saw me reading how awful of a book it was so far (I was halfway through the book and was really slow with it because I just can't….) and later she asked if she could read it and when she began, she started laughing here and there and I laughed with her just because it'll be awkward not to (BUT IT WAS UNNECESSARY I NEED TO SLAP MY PAST SELF HARD ACROSS THE FACE, DON'T DO THE PEER PRESSURE SHIT AGAIN!!!!) and after a few pages she asked , "How can you not like this? It's funny!" Oh wow, it's funny. The way he acts and thinks is funny. How the story went no where is funny. It's basically like picking your friends because of their looks. It's like choosing your cereal based on its color. What are you talking about??? Funny??? Liking it because it's funny???
I can't believe you!
In my head I was like "um, no.." but guess what I did! I was like "Oh… uh… I guess I like it a little."
A little?? A little??? EXCUSE ME BUT PEER PRESSURE OVERLOAD!!!! >______> I felt like I was being judged by her dark eyes and I just had to give her the answer she probably wanted to hear. I can't deal with myself >____>
Me right now ..
