麦田里的守望者-塞林格(The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger)——欧美最高估的书

麦田里的守望者塞林格欧美最高估的书在欧美最高估的书中排名第14名。

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我成长于60年代末，我一直不明白为什么我们这一代人如此崇拜这本书。认为这本书“最伟大”的人通常都是中上流社会富有父母的孩子。我想，作为一个工作狂的孩子，我很难认同一个傲慢的有钱男孩，抱怨这个世界有多艰难。“可怜的小富家子弟”一直在我读这本书的脑海中闪过。从我在其他地方读到的东西来看，作者本人似乎是一个相当奇怪的人物，有着巨大的自负。——佐伊哈尔

I grew up in the late 60's, and never could understand why some of my generation idolized this book so much. The ones who thought this was "the greatest" were usually the kids of upper-middle class wealthy parents. I guess being the child of working stiffs that I was, I found it hard to identify with a character that was a snooty rich boy, whining about how hard the world was. "Poor little rich boy", was what kept passing through my mind reading this book.And from things I've read elsewhere, it seems the author himself was a rather strange character with a huge ego. - zooeyhal

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也许我不明白这是因为我不是一个反社会的连环杀手，但是我听到的关于这本书的赞美之词与这本书的质量相比实在是太多了。霍尔顿只是一个恼人的人，他不知道自己想要什么，既不是一个榜样，也不是一个反英雄。这本书有什么了不起的？很多人可以用更好的方式来写类似的东西

Maybe I don't get it because I'm not a sociopathic serial killer, but amounts of praise I hear about this book is just too much compared to the quality of the book. Holden is simply annoying, he doesn't know what he wants, is neither a role model nor an anti-hero. What's so great about it? Many people could write similar thing way better. - saaarsdej

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我16岁了。霍尔顿是个大白痴，我跟他没关系！我不想在结婚前吸毒，喝酒，发牢骚，也不想在世界上的每个人面前发牢骚，也不想在结婚前做爱！这本书糟透了！为什么这里有“芬奇密码”！请马上把它拿下来！

I am 16. Holden is a huge idiot and I cannot relate to him! I do not want to take drugs, drink alcohol or whine everything or everyone in the world or have sex before I am married! This book is awful!And why is the the Vinci code on here! Please get it off right now!

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你想知道为什么我们认为它被高估了吗？因为即使我们是愚蠢的青少年，我们也无法与主人公产生共鸣，或者至少我不能。我很高兴这本书在学校里没有被我硬塞下去

Do you want to know why we think its annoyingly overrated? Because even when we were stupid teenagers, we couldn't relate to the main character at all. Or at least I couldn't. I'm fairly glad this book wasn't shoved down my throat at school.

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这本书有一些伟大的时刻霍尔顿发现刻在博物馆墙上的f字是相当强大的，但作为一个主人公，霍尔顿是难以置信的不可信的。如果他少发牢骚和自我中心，我会更理解这本书的狂热

This book has some great moments (Holden finding the f word carved into the museum wall is quite powerful), but Holden is incredibly unlikeable as a protagonist. I would understand the rave for this book more if he was less whiny and self-centered.

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如果你不能和霍尔顿相处，你会觉得它无聊而且被高估了。如果你能，你会喜欢它。这基本上解释了意见分歧。我可以和霍尔登联系，不管它有什么价值。—佩特桑德斯

If you can't relate to Holden, you'll think it's boring and overrated. If you can, you'll love it. That basically explains the division of opinion.(I can relate to Holden, for what it's worth.) - PetSounds

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我不能忍受，如果你是一个青少年，不管你的个性是什么，你被告知你会和霍尔顿有关系，事实上，他是一个不可饶恕的角色，我不想读到

I can't stand that if you are a teenager, whatever your personality is, you are told that you will relate to Holden. Truth is, he is an unlikeable character that I don't want to read about.

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没关系，但不像大家说的那样是你小说的顶峰

It's okay, but not the pinnacle of YA fiction like everyone claims.

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只是一个发牢骚的有钱少年在谈论他有多跛脚

Just a whiny rich teenager talking about how lame he is. - Caleb9000

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我发誓这是我读过的最烂的书

I swear this is the worst book I've ever read