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2003854 No.2003854 [Reply] [Original]

just bought this book.
what should i spect?

>> No.2003859

dinosaurs

>> No.2003858

bampin

>> No.2003861

high school students everywhere will think you are cool

>> No.2003863

>>2003861
>implying books are cool

>> No.2003866

>>2003861
Is it a juvenile book?

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>>2003854

>> No.2003869

i hope J.D Salinger dies again Hate this god dam book so fucking much.

>> No.2003870

im from argentina. 18 years old, readed a lot of argentinian writers lately, las book i finished was the kiss of the spider woman, i used to be kind of an addict to ray bradbury.

am i going to enjoy this?

>> No.2003876

>>2003870
again....if you like dinosaurs...... you'll like this
dirty argentinians

>> No.2003877

>>2003870
probably but for fuck's sake, just read the fucking thing, you have it in front of you. you already bought the fucker. what the fuck else are you going to do.

fuck.

>> No.2003887

>what should i spect?

sophomore English class

>> No.2003893

Angst emo kid/sociopath can't get over himself.

it's actually a satire

>> No.2003897

>>2003893

Except he does get over himself. That's the point of the book.

>> No.2003904

>>2003887
y vos cuanto español sabes?

>> No.2003928

OP, I think a lot of people who come to /lit/ have a gigantic stick lodged in their rectums when it comes to this book.

The main thing I would say to you is not to neglect the humor, because it really is such a funny and entertaining book. I've read it many times and still laugh out loud at some of the things in it.

>> No.2003938

It's a good book. Some people hate Holden, some identify with him greatly. It depends on you really. I think your age will greatly influence your opinion on the novel. If you are a kid you will probably like it, maybe even love it. If you are 18-21, you may hate the hell out of it. If you are 22+ you begin to view Holden less and less as a peer and more as a child.

>> No.2003952

>>2003854
Boredom.

>> No.2003954

I've just started reading this, laughed so much just in the first few chapters.

>> No.2003957

>>2003870
No, no pasa nada en todo el libro. Lee la naranja mecanica que es mas divertido e ideal para una persona de entre 16 y 20 años.

>> No.2003982

>>2003957
iba a leer el libro, pero vi la pelicula con unos amigos y me dejo de itneresar.

>> No.2003984

its not about how old you are, its about what youve been through that lets you/ doesnt let you identify with holden

>> No.2003992

Good book about a character most people either identify with or hate.

Personally, I just felt bad for him.

>> No.2004007

>>2003957
Dios mio. Tuve que google. "La naranja mecanica" is such a bastardization of the phrase "Clockwork Orange."

>> No.2004009

>>2004007
relojtrabajo naranja

>> No.2004010

>>2004007
i actually kind of like it (as an english-speaker)

"La naranja mechanique"

>> No.2004011

You say Fyodor Dostoyevsky, I say Dan Brown.
You say Leo Tolstoy, I say John Grisham.
You say Nikolai Gogol, I say Jodi Picoult.
99% of readers have turned to truly terrible books and authors. If you are part of the 1% that still reads good books, copy and paste this message to five other threads.

>> No.2004042

OP here,
chapter 4
im liking this so far.