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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
4.0
The attractive nature of The Catcher in the Rye is in the honesty in the way it presents itself. Its narrative, while somewhat loose and wandering in nature, gently explores themes of youthful angst and existential aimlessness that allow such a story to feel accessible and relatable to its readers. The sense of transparency that we receive could also prove itself to be its biggest draw in one's potential to disengage with the material as its protagonist, Holden Caulfield, finds pessimism in almost everything that surrounds him.
There is this persistency in his views that deemed those around him as disingenuine, labelling them as phonies, and often expresses an overwhelming emotion of dissatisfaction that feels rather stretched in its presentation, despite its rather compressed narrative time-frame. That being said, there is an argument to be made that what is being placed on the page is rather a therapeutic act for the character, allowing his own flawed self to be documented with humility and pureness; a personal breakthrough, one may suggest.
This is a book that has pulled me back and forth with its ability to charm and stir irritation. There is an authenticity in Holden but it comes with his own fair of baggage. Salinger has left it for the audience to decide which side of the fence he would want us to feel about the entire experience; an interpretation that perhaps he would have wanted his protagonist to hear.
There is this persistency in his views that deemed those around him as disingenuine, labelling them as phonies, and often expresses an overwhelming emotion of dissatisfaction that feels rather stretched in its presentation, despite its rather compressed narrative time-frame. That being said, there is an argument to be made that what is being placed on the page is rather a therapeutic act for the character, allowing his own flawed self to be documented with humility and pureness; a personal breakthrough, one may suggest.
This is a book that has pulled me back and forth with its ability to charm and stir irritation. There is an authenticity in Holden but it comes with his own fair of baggage. Salinger has left it for the audience to decide which side of the fence he would want us to feel about the entire experience; an interpretation that perhaps he would have wanted his protagonist to hear.
Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression by Richard Havers
5.0
While Blue Note's music was not the introductory piece that led me to the tunnel of jazz. That, as it probably was for many people, belongs to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. That being said, it was the catalogue of Blue Note that propelled my desire to invest in the genre, with outstanding artists like Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, and Wayne Shorter capturing my ears in a way that left me hungry to search for more.
Richard Havers' Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression is a perfect companion of the music that it celebrates as it dives deep into the history of the label that not only elevates the reputation of its artists but also of its co-founders and frequent collaborators that have made it to what it amounts itself to be today. Reading through this hefty book compelled me to further explore everything Blue Note has to offer, hoping to one day completely understand the feeling of "Uncompromising Expression" that its founders were harvesting.
Richard Havers' Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression is a perfect companion of the music that it celebrates as it dives deep into the history of the label that not only elevates the reputation of its artists but also of its co-founders and frequent collaborators that have made it to what it amounts itself to be today. Reading through this hefty book compelled me to further explore everything Blue Note has to offer, hoping to one day completely understand the feeling of "Uncompromising Expression" that its founders were harvesting.