I dont know how to describe this book. It literally has no plot but still manages to be interesting and addictive from start to finish.

In the beginning I vehemently hated Holden - our main character, but as the story progressed I began  to like him and relate with him a lot. And as much as I hate to admit it, I related with holden more than I ever have with any other fictional character in my life.

Holden is a contradiction in himself, he hates phonies but he is the most phoniest of them all. You really have to read between the lines to figure him out. He projects his feelings onto others, he is judgemental, he dismisses poeple before they could dismiss him and he come across as misogynistic, mean, hateful person but in reality he is just a lonely boy trying find a place where he could fit. We see the world through his perspective and in doing so we get to learn about his own emotional and mental state, which isn't very stable to say the least.

He is constantly looking for someone to listen to him, to tell him that everything is going to be okay. He is afraid of changing, of growing up and constantly worrying of failing to meet his parents expectations of him. But most of all he is grieving his brother, something he doesn't know how to do. He acts like he doesn't care but that's just a facade. He is one sweet, conflicted Marshmellow. His salaciousness and attempt to hangout with people he never much cared about is another indication of how lonely he feels and how he doesn't want to pass on to adulthood and accept the challenges and responsibilities that comes with it.


We have all felt like this at least once in our lives. I have felt it too. Soon after my university was over my friends got busy with their jobs, while I was still struggling to figuring out what to do with my life. I tried really hard to reach out to my friends but when I couldn't got through to them, I tried to hangout with people I hardly ever knew or liked in an attempt to fill the void. I realized it later that I wasn't just missing my friends or my old life, my irasciblilty and constant desparation had a deeper meaning; I was fearful of leaving my old life behind and afraid of venturing into the unknown. I felt as though I was standing still befumbled when everyone else was running forward. I still haven't joined the horde but I am slowly making my way to embracing the change and letting go of my past. I am trying to coexist with the society where I don't necessarily fit in.

This book has really touched me. The only reasons I am rating it four star is because i think its a little overrated.