A review by tui_la_dao
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I find this book and all the characters in it extremely interesting. Mostly because of how they are described in the book and the voice used by the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, to describe himself and the people around him. I has a blast reading the beginning of the book, it was very funny and unique. Later on I slowly realized many disturbances in Holden’s characters and it could get tense sometimes, when he got himself into darker places and reveal the troubleness of his mentality and mindset. All in all, I don’t find Holden unloveable at all, he is his worst enemy (his pickiness into people and his hating for people’s phonieness for example) and may appear to be hopeless to anyone that knows him but essentially a good and kind kid, and I understand when people say that many can relate to this character in one phase or another of their life.