Cactus_Head to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?message-square79fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down17
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?Cactus_Head to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoMy exact thought as well. It was mandatory in HS, and i just never got the hype. Holden Caufield is a whiny phony.
minus-square@evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 months 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-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 months 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-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
minus-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoNope. Came out of the womb at 37.
minus-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoA little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 months agoI don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
minus-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoHuh, she said the same thing…
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 months agoYou may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.
minus-square@captainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-22 months 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
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.
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.
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.
I probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
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.
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