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Title: Overrated: Not a classic at all
Review: I read it out of pure curiosity. I`ve heard that it was a classic and I wanted to see for myself. This book can only be considered "classic" in that it was one of the earliest of its kind adressing teenage anxieties. So I give Salinger credit for being a pioneer; but the book was not written that great and is quite boring at times. A quarter through the book; I felt my self saying "I get the point already!"The next step for me was to try to compare it to other "classics." Of course this is subjective but I read the Illiad last summer, and felt it was one of the best pieces ever written. I felt the same way about Tolstoy`s "War and Peace." Lord of the flies, of Mice and Men are much better works. I am left wondering what is the big deal about this work. I`ll gladly take Anne Rice any day.
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