Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agoWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down17
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squarereagansrottencorpse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·6 days agoCatcher in the Rye
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 days agoMy exact thought as well. It was mandatory in HS, and i just never got the hype. Holden Caufield is a whiny phony.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 days agoI liked it because it’s a journey with a traumatized teenager. As a teenager who didnt realize I had cptsd it hit hard for me
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoIt’s fun irony to try to have a bunch of angsty teens read a book about an angsty teen. I bet it would come across very different to read it as an adult.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIt’s only fair. They whined about reading a book by a 51-year old author (Black Beauty). Now they get a taste of their own medicine.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoNope. Came out of the womb at 37.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoA little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoI don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoHuh, she said the same thing…
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoYou may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.
Catcher in the Rye
My exact thought as well. It was mandatory in HS, and i just never got the hype. Holden Caufield is a whiny phony.
I liked it because it’s a journey with a traumatized teenager. As a teenager who didnt realize I had cptsd it hit hard for me
It’s fun irony to try to have a bunch of angsty teens read a book about an angsty teen. I bet it would come across very different to read it as an adult.
I probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
It’s only fair. They whined about reading a book by a 51-year old author (Black Beauty). Now they get a taste of their own medicine.
So you don’t remember being a teenager?
Nope. Came out of the womb at 37.
Is your mom okay?
A little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
I don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
Huh, she said the same thing…
You may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.