Title: One of my favorite works... Review: This is my favorite Salinger work. Far surpasses "Catcher" if you ask me.These are (you guessed it....nine) short stories. Most are quite dark and have an excellent ability to instill the reader with brooding/uneasy feelings.Take the opener...."A perfect day for bananafish". This is what lead me to J.D. Salinger, and particularly this work. As an aside, and a piece of factoid--take it for whatever its worth--this work inspired The Cure to record the song "Bananafishbones." But, this story is kind of a creepy, weird little story with an ending that just blew me away. (No pun intended for those who have read it.)And so it goes, from that one forward. The mood has been set. One after the other, dark, rather cold, stories. But, it's all painfully good.All in all, a good collection of stories from one of the greatest American authors. Is this product review negative?

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Title: Not Even Close to Being on Par with Art of War Review: I don't know what all the hoopla is about but I was greatly disappointed with this book - which was a shock based on all the rave reviews here. As a big fan of the Art of War, I was looking forward to a worthwhile counterpart - instead what I found was a collection of simple, shallow and uninspiring empty phrases. Is this product review negative?

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Title: Excellent read Review: I loved this book, and wish it could be made into a film. I'm a fan of Michael Connolly and enjoy the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller books, so was very impressed by the action and character development that pulled me in immediately to this unrelated story. Very suspenseful, surprises all along the way, and a flawed lead character that you nonetheless root for wholeheartedly. A very satisfying book. Is this product review negative?

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