There is a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield...you will want to kill him because he is a little shit.
review
When you are a teenager and you read this book you love it. You relate to Holden, he "gets" you, you "get" him. When you read this as an adult you want to smack Holden upside the head and teach him respect. Either way it is a really well written book, you just have to remember that Holden is just a character and that Salinger, who created the character, is a brilliant writer to make you feel all the feels you feel. This novel will not make you a better person but it will help you realize when you are being a little shit.
6/10 (though everyone should read it once, most people do this when in their teens)
10/10
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though."
"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry."
"Mothers are all slightly insane."
if you enjoyed this read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chobsky
Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy
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