Catcher in the Rye

it's taught in high schools so it must be bad

>>8410328
Get it through your skull that /lit/ is not one person. I, for example, really liked the book. It was like reading about myself when I was about the same age as Holden. There are many good qualities about the book. It's worth reading.

>>8410328
No one hates this book, you gonk.

>but muh memes, muh shitposters
>>8410354
This.

>>8410328
People don't understand that it's a classic unreliable narrator/anti-hero in the tradition of books like Notes from the Underground. They "don't like" Holden and assume that the book isn't for them.

has anyone mentioned that Holden raped his sister?

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>>8410579
has anyone mentioned that I raped your sister?
>inb4 I don't have a sister
not anymore

>>8410328
Catcher in the Rye basically began and ended YA in modern American tradition. If anyone here is hating on it, then it's only a couple memesters and aspiring John Greens here and there.

Catcher is amazing. It's only apergs who "ooommmmgggg holden is sooooooooo annoying! What a SPOILED brat!!!!!"

It's probably my favorite book.

>>8410579
woah what the fuck!!!!!!

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>>8410579
can we stop this meme please?

>>8410328
It's just parochial as fuck. There's nothing to talk about.

>>8410328
How is Salinger a phony?

What? Nobody on /lit/ hates Catcher; don't fall for memes. It a fantastic novel, and anyone who says shit like "ugh Holden is just a spoiled brat this book SUCKS" is retarded and should be ignored.