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Title: This is a [...]!!!
Review: I was curious to see what all the hoopla was about, but was sadly disappointed after reading this novel. Salinger excelled in certain areas of the novel, bringing to life a post-war adolescent, catching the themes, settings, etc. of the day. Not bad writing, just not a classic, a la Hemingway, Steinbeck, etc. I will admit, I couldn't put it down: I was waiting to discover where all the "classic" was, but never found it, much like Holden never finds what he's looking for (at least as far as I could tell in one read).
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