After a second attempt of trying to read The Catcher In The Rye, i was just about ready to give up on it. But after J.D Sallinger died i thought, what the hell i'll give it another bash. After all the book did make the guy famous. Firstly i actually HATE the main carachter Holden Caulfield. This book is meant to relate to teenage angst yet it just seems to make the teenager in question seem completely mentally retarded, no joke. I for one can say i've never preteneded to get shot in the gut, just to amuse myself. But then again it is based in the 40's, i mean he's a 12 year old who likes to drink, i can't exactly relate to that. I suppose it's one of those books you need to read before you die just to say you've read it, and there were some very amusing and delightfully written parts. But on the whole, i feel saddened at how much i disliked this book. I've heard its not J.D. Sallinger's best work though, so there is hope.
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010
After a second attempt of trying to read The Catcher In The Rye, i was just about ready to give up on it. But after J.D Sallinger died i thought, what the hell i'll give it another bash. After all the book did make the guy famous. Firstly i actually HATE the main carachter Holden Caulfield. This book is meant to relate to teenage angst yet it just seems to make the teenager in question seem completely mentally retarded, no joke. I for one can say i've never preteneded to get shot in the gut, just to amuse myself. But then again it is based in the 40's, i mean he's a 12 year old who likes to drink, i can't exactly relate to that. I suppose it's one of those books you need to read before you die just to say you've read it, and there were some very amusing and delightfully written parts. But on the whole, i feel saddened at how much i disliked this book. I've heard its not J.D. Sallinger's best work though, so there is hope.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
sticks and stones.
This year of uni is over so i've found myself with quite alot of time on my hands, naturally i'm trying to fill it with novels. As i've read and thoroughly enjoyed a book by Chuck Palahniuk before (Fight club), a friend kindly lent me Lullaby, so i gave it a bash.
It's unfortunate that this is the only second book i've read by him as the plotline is so terrible its put me off reading the less well known Palahniuk Novels.
Its written in the classic 'Transgressive Fiction' style very similar to that of Mr. Ellis which i do thoroughly enjoy but this energy is wasted on a shockingly bad story.
Basically to sum it up: A reporter is doing a piece investigating sudden infant death syndrome, he begins to notice all the dead children were read the same poem. Turns out to be an old 'Culling song' which makes people drop dead (yes, i know). It turns into a big hunt for a book of black magic, people die etc. It's actually quite laughable in parts.
Don't waste hours of your life on this book.
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