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Maybe this story has simply become dated over the years because it didn’t have the impact on me that I expected. This certainly isn’t on the level of Huck Finn, To Kill A Mockingbird, Life of Pi, nor even The Tale Of Depereaux, but it is different than anything else I’ve read. Perhaps the appeal of this book is that it’s written from the perspective of a teenager, in stylized teenaged writing, about teenaged issues. This could be one of those books that appeals more to a specific audience of those going through puberty than it does to the general reader. Still, Holden Caulfield seems like more of a whiner than a cynical adolescent to me.

Reading this book is like being stuck in an elevator with a sixteen year old boy for the duration. It might make for a good psychological study of that particular insanity that teenagers go through as their brains develop in the presence of an overdose of hormones, but as a story it lacks a plot. This is about a kid wandering aimlessly through his life, such as it is, both literally and existentially. It could theoretically give aid and comfort to those teens in a similar situation, but I can’t imagine it helping me much when I was that age. The main character is supposed to be a young radical, smoking and drinking despite being underage, but it all seems much too tame in these modern times.

I suppose that the moral of the story is supposed to be that everyone undergoes these psychotic teenage episodes, even the preppies. However, this point is made in a monotonous, rather repetitious and boring manner as our young angster wanders about NYC looking to rutt, having just been kicked out of yet another fancy boarding school. If the rich kids have these same problems then maybe we should all stop feeling sorry for ourselves and think about poor Richard Cory. It’s all just a little too ham-handed for me and it really bothers those kids who really were cool and all to have to listen to those who just think they are. Sometim
Printed Scrapbook Album Evening

Just bought it a month ago and cleaned 7 rooms in my house with it and the carpets came out amazing!! Well worth the money when I would have spent a lot more for a professional to come in and do that many rooms. And I can continue to use it for years to come.
Printed Scrapbook Album Beauty

I’m not easily grabbed by books, but this one did it fine fashion. I usually read maybe 20 minutes before I go to bed, but I finished this book in four nights including two nights where I stayed up two hours reading. It was absolutely wonderful from start to finish.
Through Your Teeth album

I really like the Furminator. It does a great job of getting the hair off of my dog. I think he even likes the feel of it.
Pennsylvania Trolley Photo Album