Catcher in the Rye

I never had to read this book. I don’t know how hyped this was. But a lot of times that I see a “criticism”, it’s akin to ‘hot take: it’s just a boring overrated, overhyped, story about whiny, spoiled well-to-do, brat’... as if that has never been said. I know I haven’t read the book but I have a strong feeling that that is a really reductive, surface level “criticism”. Just a feeling.

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stound

I get the feeling that many great works have a much different meaning for someone at age X than at age Y than at age Z and one of the big downsides is that Z age people read it, get something very big and important out of it and expect people of age Y or younger to get the same and make it a requirement.

all that said, I remember liking it. perhaps I should go back to it and see what new things I get out of it.