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Linda Mountain lindamounta434 — this was another really good dark twisted book by holly black

Lisa Sun yingsunart — Such a wonderful read! I think it is rare that a classic book actually lives up to the hype, but this one certainly did. I can definitely add this to my all-time favorite list. I decided to read it because I loved the new Pride and Prejudice movie with Keira Knightly so much, and I'm so glad I did. This is one I think I can continue to read and peruse and never get bored with it - the mark of a truly well-written and enjoyable book!

Anas Abuzaina abuzaina — Originally published separately as a short story and a novella, Franny and Zooey examines the relationship of two siblings, Franny and Zooey Glass, struggling to make sense of a dark and unfriendly world. The Glass family has seen its share of tragedies. Of the seven siblings, two are now deceased--one by suicide and one by freak accident. The compiled work opens with Franny, the youngest, as she visits her boyfriend, Lane, at college. Franny has been reading a “small pea-green cloth-bound book” (p. 8) about a religious Russian pilgrim who prays incessantly. Franny wonders whether such a thing is even possible--praying incessantly. Franny has caught the notion that one can find God through this type of prayer and she clings to it, desperately. The episode ends with Franny laying in the dark, staring at the ceiling, her lips moving in silent incessant prayer. The story picks back up with Zooey, short for Zachary Glass, soaking in his bath and reading a letter. His relaxation is cut short, though, as his mother, Bessie, comes into the bathroom to talk to Zooey about his youngest sister. Franny has returned to the Glass home to recover from breakdown. Bessie chastises Zooey for refusing to take a more active role in Franny’s recovery. A meddling but affectionate mother, Bessie wants Zooey to talk to Granny, to help her sort through the existential crisis she’s going through at just nineteen years old. Eventually Zooey does just that and the reader is given a rare and tender glimpse at the relationship between brother and sister. Though not his most famous work, Franny and Zooey may be Salinger’s best. The story reads like a play--very little action takes place, the story is instead moved forward by the development of rich and complex characters. Revealing his Eastern influences, Salinger examines familial love and the impossibility of knowing a God that is all too difficult to find amidst midterms, auditions, and the fast-pace of modern life. A reader looking for resolution to this question may want to consider looking to C. S. Lewis or someone similar as Salinger does not provide easy, straight-forward answers. Instead, one feels unsettled at the end of Franny and Zooey. A reader willing to suffer the discomfort and lack of resolution will find the luscious language, endearingly flawed characters, and uthentic voice well worth the read.

Hyunji Park park12 — This is Jackson's favorite (of his many) seek-and-find books.