Franny & Zooey

[Avalive]

I dunno if there've already been a thread talking about this. if any,excuseme.

I'm reading J.D.S.'s <Franny and Zooey>. Needless to say,it can never compare to <the cathcer in the rye>. I didn't expect much,however,I didn't expect it disappoint me so bad, either. I have to say it's a tasteless book(the Franny part,since I've only finished this first part). Anyhow,I'll read the whole book no matter what.

[nothingman87]

I actually found Franny & Zooey to be a much more interesting book than The Catcher in the Rye. In what way is Franny & Zooey tasteless that The Catcher in the Rye is not? :confused:

I guess you could call me kind of a Salinger enthusiast though. If you find Franny & Zooey troubling, I don't reccomend sifting through Seymour: An Introduction or A Perfect day for Bananafish. :banana:

[Avalive]

I'm a big Salinger-lover. well,I'd rather say<CITR>-lover. Maybe,franny & zooey ain't bad,maybe I just expected too much. I said that I've not finished the whole book yet. I might like it when I finish...
There is a "MAYBE". But,still I don't think it's a great book. It didn't touch me or shock me.

[Capnplank]

Hmm. I loved "Seymour: An Introduction" and "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is one of my favorite short stories ever. Most anything Salinger wrote about the Glass (I think? been a while) family that I've come across, I've loved... however after two attempts I still haven't managed to get more than 1/3 or 1/2 of the way through "Franny and Zooey". I don't know that I can explain why, but that book just... bah. Hopefully attempt #3 will see me through it.

[simon]

I was under the impression that Salinger had a rather slow and mild manner of writing that deals with topics that have been reused so much recently that his origional fiction is left dry and slightly boring. Franny and Zooey is a less frequently looked at viewpoint than that of they boy in Catcher in the Rye thus providing more appeal to me.