Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days agoWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 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-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoNope. Came out of the womb at 37.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoA little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoI don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoHuh, she said the same thing…
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoYou may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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.
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.
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.
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.