I just finished reading Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, and there were a lot of things that I liked about how this book was written. Because this book was written in the first person perspective, it was really easy to feel like I was getting to know Holden as I was reading. We saw the world through his eyes, and really got to know what he was thinking. I like books where you have to take what you are reading with a grain of salt, and that is definitely necessary here. Holden thinks that he is a lot cooler than he is most of the time. I think his over-confidence is probably a cover up, though. He is struggling in school, and not getting along with his family, and his life seems pretty tough. I think his confidence is just a way to compensate for feeling like he is falling apart.
There were also some parts about the book that I did not like. Holden can get pretty annoying sometimes because he is constantly negative and complaining about EVERYTHING. The cab he gets in smells like, "someone'd just tossed his cookies in it", Stradlater walks with "goddam stupid footsteps", and the brass band he listens to is classy, but "the corny kind of classy". Everything has something wrong with it, and even though this was a good book, I had to stop reading a few times because I could not handle Holden.
There were also some parts about the book that I did not like. Holden can get pretty annoying sometimes because he is constantly negative and complaining about EVERYTHING. The cab he gets in smells like, "someone'd just tossed his cookies in it", Stradlater walks with "goddam stupid footsteps", and the brass band he listens to is classy, but "the corny kind of classy". Everything has something wrong with it, and even though this was a good book, I had to stop reading a few times because I could not handle Holden.