Read this due to its historical impact in the formation of YA literature. I enjoyed it, felt it accurately depicts the angst of adolescence and I likely would have related to it if I had read it as a kid. It was very dated though, one thing I highly disliked and got caught off guard was <spoiler>just how casually homophobic the book is and how that at times plays into the plot. How far we've come, huh!</spoiler>
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Gabe rated The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: 3 stars
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make …
Gabe rated Less: a novel: 5 stars
Less: a novel by Andrew Sean Greer
Arthur Less will almost fall in love in Paris, almost fall to his death in Berlin, barely escape a Saharan …
Gabe rated Unmask Alice: 5 stars
Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson
Two teens, two diaries, two sordid scandals. All from the same dark place: a serial con artist who betrayed a …
Gabe rated Unmask Alice: 4 stars
Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson
Two teens, two diaries, two sordid scandals. All from the same dark place: a serial con artist who betrayed a …
Gabe rated The Grieving Brain: 3 stars
Gabe reviewed The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He …
Review of 'The Catcher in the Rye' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Read this due to its historical impact in the formation of YA literature. I enjoyed it, felt it accurately depicts the angst of adolescence and I likely would have related to it if I had read it as a kid. It was very dated though, one thing I highly disliked and got caught off guard was <spoiler>just how casually homophobic the book is and how that at times plays into the plot. How far we've come, huh!</spoiler>
Gabe rated Bullet Journal Method: 3 stars
Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
For years, Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind …
Gabe rated The Catcher in the Rye: 3 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
Gabe rated Why We Sleep: 4 stars
Why We Sleep by Matthew P. Walker
With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly …
Gabe rated Fairy Tale: 5 stars
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries …
Gabe rated Fairy Tale: 4 stars
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries …
Gabe rated The Fall of the House of Usher: 3 stars
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarFall of the House of Usher Ligeia Masque …
Gabe rated Us against you: 4 stars
Us against you by Fredrik Backman (Beartown, 2)
When the small community of Beartown learns their amateur ice hockey team may be disbanded, the tensions mount, but a …