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yorno's review against another edition
4.0
Actually really liked this !!
Vooral het eerste kortere verhaal ‘Franny’. ‘Zooey’ moest ik soms echt doorheen ploeteren, die gozer bleef maar zeuren tegen zijn arme zusje. Dit boek is echt 90% dialoog. Met een mooi einde.
Hou van de thema’s: klaar zijn met academia, opzoek zijn naar meer; in geloof en in anderen, verlies, familie, having a lil mental breakdown, en weer op je ouders bank belanden.
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"What happened was, I got the idea in my head - and I could not get it out - that college was just one more dopey, inane place in the world dedicated to piling up treasure on earth and everything. I mean treasure is treasure, for heaven's sake. What's the difference whether the treasure is money, or property, or even culture, or even just plain knowledge?"
En heb er nog een Yale hoorcollege over gekeken wat op youtube staat, was leuk.
Vooral het eerste kortere verhaal ‘Franny’. ‘Zooey’ moest ik soms echt doorheen ploeteren, die gozer bleef maar zeuren tegen zijn arme zusje. Dit boek is echt 90% dialoog. Met een mooi einde.
Hou van de thema’s: klaar zijn met academia, opzoek zijn naar meer; in geloof en in anderen, verlies, familie, having a lil mental breakdown, en weer op je ouders bank belanden.
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"What happened was, I got the idea in my head - and I could not get it out - that college was just one more dopey, inane place in the world dedicated to piling up treasure on earth and everything. I mean treasure is treasure, for heaven's sake. What's the difference whether the treasure is money, or property, or even culture, or even just plain knowledge?"
En heb er nog een Yale hoorcollege over gekeken wat op youtube staat, was leuk.
ec_newman's review against another edition
5.0
Franny:
This was pretty much my thoughts:
Holy cow, this is really good, like how does he write such great sentences, it isn't like he overuses words or crafts really ornate phrases, but it's perfect anyway, and i don't even mind that paragraphs are so long that an entire page is without a single indent and i really love franny even though she's kind of like holden with a loss of interest in like everything, and lane is such a self-absorbed guy, how does salinger write a girl so well, i'm jealous, i'm just so jealous that i can't write like this, i don't even expect to ever get this good, lame, lame, lame.
Zooey:
Man, this is good too. How is he so good? I like Zooey. Do I? The mother is mental. This family is mad, but interesting and I'm not sure who I even like in this group. The whole spiritual/philosophical part is going over my head. I'm pretty sure I understand 1/3 of it. Maybe. But I'm okay with that. Because I really love this writing.
I'm gonna have to read more by him.
This was pretty much my thoughts:
Holy cow, this is really good, like how does he write such great sentences, it isn't like he overuses words or crafts really ornate phrases, but it's perfect anyway, and i don't even mind that paragraphs are so long that an entire page is without a single indent and i really love franny even though she's kind of like holden with a loss of interest in like everything, and lane is such a self-absorbed guy, how does salinger write a girl so well, i'm jealous, i'm just so jealous that i can't write like this, i don't even expect to ever get this good, lame, lame, lame.
Zooey:
Man, this is good too. How is he so good? I like Zooey. Do I? The mother is mental. This family is mad, but interesting and I'm not sure who I even like in this group. The whole spiritual/philosophical part is going over my head. I'm pretty sure I understand 1/3 of it. Maybe. But I'm okay with that. Because I really love this writing.
I'm gonna have to read more by him.
tabithare's review against another edition
Unrated bc I think I should reread eventually… a writer’s novel through and through and I really WANTED to love it but just kind of didn’t do it for me :(
sagabrodersen's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
“I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody”
annafox's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
in0x's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
katarina2003's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.5
Ikke lige en bog for mig umiddelbart, men jeg fik givet den videre til en “English literature”-major, som sagde, den var god. Den første bog jeg fik byttet på Asienturen (Filippinerne), så der er noget vibey over den her bog
eggjen's review against another edition
3.0
I was on the fence about how many stars to give this one. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. It made me think (a little bit) but also nothing really happens.
In a nutshell, this is a book about two siblings who are so smart that they can barely function in normal society - they are just incapacitated by their own cleverness. 2/3rds of the book is literally the world's longest lecture. Then there is a phone call and both Too Smart For Their Own Good characters seem to come momentarily to their senses and then it ends.
It's a short story, so it's not a big time commitment and there were definitely interesting moments and thoughts. But it isn't one I'd jump up and down to recommend.
In a nutshell, this is a book about two siblings who are so smart that they can barely function in normal society - they are just incapacitated by their own cleverness. 2/3rds of the book is literally the world's longest lecture. Then there is a phone call and both Too Smart For Their Own Good characters seem to come momentarily to their senses and then it ends.
It's a short story, so it's not a big time commitment and there were definitely interesting moments and thoughts. But it isn't one I'd jump up and down to recommend.
knuckledown's review against another edition
4.0
I have come to a conclusion about reading J.D. Salinger. Half the time I don't feel like I understand, but I know that he does. Then he leads me along by the hand until I understand them too. Salinger turns Holden Caulfield inside out for the reader, and in this book he does the same with Zooey Glass.
I like how the book begins with Franny, Zooey's younger sister, and the events that lead up to the breakdown of her faith in humanity. Then the majority of the book comes from Zooey trying to figure out Franny and himself. Also the fact that it isn't immediately revealed that they're sister and brother makes for a nice mini-surprise.
The them of this book comes out more obviously than The Catcher in the Rye. If you want to find some meaning or faith in life, do what you have a "hankering" to do. do it the best you can because that's the urge you were given. Now that's a theme a writer can hold on to.
I like how the book begins with Franny, Zooey's younger sister, and the events that lead up to the breakdown of her faith in humanity. Then the majority of the book comes from Zooey trying to figure out Franny and himself. Also the fact that it isn't immediately revealed that they're sister and brother makes for a nice mini-surprise.
The them of this book comes out more obviously than The Catcher in the Rye. If you want to find some meaning or faith in life, do what you have a "hankering" to do. do it the best you can because that's the urge you were given. Now that's a theme a writer can hold on to.
heatherwardlaw's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5