Customer Reviews
Buy 2 and give one away! - By: , 09 Jul 1999 
The first time I read this book was before it was published (some kind of advance copy) & I've read it at least ten times since then. It really is outstanding. There is no other character like Celine anywhere.
best book in the entire world - By: , 20 Dec 1998 oh my god, this book was written so well you can't imagine it. there isn't any humoungous plot, it's just that everything that happens is so well described that it's like thousands of storiesin one. READ IT!!!
Hilarious, poignant, memorable; my favorite! - By: , 01 Sep 1998 Brock Cole demonstrates an unparalleled poetry of language & an unforgettable sense of humor. A book populated thickly with absolutely realistic characters, from Celine herself to Lucile to Paul Barker. At once sad & hilarious, it ends as it should, undecided. I find myself recalling lines & situations from it often, even if I haven't read itin forever. My favorite for three years running! Deserves every single award it gets!
Read it in grade school, now 19, still think it's great. - By: , 28 Jul 1998 I have no idea who suggested this to me, but now a sophomorein college, I still think of this book I readin grade school as one of the finest I've ever seen. Cole's style of writing does not condescend, & his plot & characters & as complex asin any adult fiction. I loved it so much that I followed it with "The Goats," & that was consistent with my expectations.
Teen Shows A Little Responsibilty! - By: , 20 Jul 1996 Our heroine, Celine, is much funnier than Holden Caulfield.Every day, she is presented with absurdity & she just has to laugh. Which makes sense; too few people choose to laugh when that's really the only way to go. It is her sense of humor & her strength of purpose & character that carry her through the progressively stressful events of the novel & which carry us through the novel itself. The book is full of allusions to other works, including The Great Gatsby, Nausea, & (of course) The Catcherin the Rye. We should all be more like Celine.
