Catcher in the Rye (Barron's Book Notes)

While wondering around the library one day, I saw this book and figured I might as well read it because it was a "classic." I am sooo glad I did. This book was wonderful. The plot was complex up until the last. The characters were very well developed. I couldn't put this one down. Just a warning though, this book has a quite a bit of bad language in it, but the story is still absolutly magnificent. A "must read"

I was assigned last week to read this book ...I normally hate to read. when I started this book it was totally different ..I didnt want to stop reading it..it related to me perfectly..I am 16 now and I really liked it..so if you get a chance read this book its excellent

I won't continue the string of how I liked the book, what it meant to me, etc. After reading several reviews, it would serve no purpose. What is interesting is that I just read the book for the second time, at 60, the first time I was 17. That was 1964. Many of the reviews stated that it was required reading in school....I have to laugh. The book was banned reading in my high school, and we risked school punishment if we were caught in possession of _The Catcher in the Rye_.Think about it.....Vietnam was just two years later, and the world changed forever for us. And we were not allowed to read Salinger's book in 1964.