Catcher in the Rye

What confuses you about it?

>>9631593
civic disenfranchisement, alienation, solipsism, abuse

how is this surprising?

is this a good book, /lit/?

Because he sapes his pister Rhoebe. And asssasssinss love a bus.

>>9634320

Not at all. An easy-to-hate main character, a retarded premise, God-awful prose, and it's one of the only books I can say I didn't end up taking anything away from.

I have other works by Salinger sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, but repeatedly seeing Catcher in the Rye threads makes me want to read them less and less. Can anybody confirm/deny his other work being better/worse than Catcher?

>>9631593
Don't judge me.

>>9634785
Who the fuck hates Holden?

>>9634834

Anybody remotely capable of empathy and/or a low tolerance for bullshit. I understand that most of /lit/ doesn't fall under this persuasion, but that's just how it is. Holden is an affluent, spoiled brat with an unwarranted superiority complex comparable to those on MTV's My Super Sweet 16. I feel like there's something wrong with you if you don't hate him, generally speaking.

>>9634834
Somebody who doesn't know how to read/bought into the plebeian public perception.
>>9634915
its like (you) didn't even read the book.
If you did, please go into more detail about Holden and why you dislike him.

>>9634915
>people who empathize with Holden are incapable of empathy

>>9634915
>empathy
>low tolerance for bullshit
You sound like a nice empathetic person.

>>9634785
But anon, you are Holden.

>>9635485
He really is.

>>9634785
Kys faggot.

Nine stories and Zooey and Franny are great books.