Catcher in the Rye
By: J.D. Salinger
Genre: classic
Pages: 277
Published: 1945
Read: March
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars
Holden Caulfield is a pompous, selfish, whiny jerk who has
no ambition whatsoever. He is critical of everyone, but himself and likes
absolutely nothing. This book is funny
at times and aggravating at other times.
I feel that Holden has ADHD before it was a diagnostic illness. His mind jumps from topic to topic, often
repetitive and annoying. However, that
is what makes the book enjoyable and I believe exactly what the novel was meant
to be. The only person he seems to care
about besides himself is his sister, Phoebe, and he isn’t that nice to
her. What I don’t understand is how this
novel can be considered the most influential book to anyone (see the above blog
entry). I kept expecting Holden to have an epiphany, so that the readers could
actually claim to have this book influence them in anyway. With that said, I
did enjoy the book – for what it is – entertaining. I thought the story was
catchy and funny, but Holden did not influence me at all – I don’t want to be
person hater, life hater and go nowhere in my life. Do you?
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