Holden would be annoying to deal with in real life.

I’ve read it twice and would probably read again

I can not believe the amount of five star reviews of this garbage! With Holden Caulfield’s obnoxious nature, the bland setting, the horrible messages, and the lack of fire breathing turkeys, there is no time when it will be EVER worth reading this garbage! Besides, Johnathan Yardley and Phillip Lopate already exposed this as garbage. Great American novel my butt!

I am VERY into classics and read this because it was supposed to be one. The main character is SO. ANNOYING. Every SINGLE PAGE has either the words madman or goddamn. The main character hates everything and everyone and complains about everything constantly. I honestly feel like this is the worst book I have ever read. Would rate 0 stars if i could.

I first read this three years ago when I was twelve. This book gave me the voice I didn’t think I had as I found myself within its pages. Since then, I have read this book around five times. I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a book (especially if you find yourself caught in a struggle with the hardships of life).

Read for a college writing course, honestly the first book I read every word of instead of skipping around like I did in high school. If you didn’t get “it” you didn’t put much effort into it. Maybe Dr. Seuss is better to stick to. It made me appreciate reading much more and 30 years later I’m reading it again. Maybe I’ll hate it this time. Sam I am.. I love green eggs and ham…

This is by FAR the worst book I have ever read! It reads like an episode of Seinfeld except there is no humor whatsoever and the main character is completely insufferable. Do not read unless you are being forced to at gunpoint.

I liked hearing a different perspective on how a person may think but I felt like nothing big happened throughout the whole book.

I don’t get the appeal of this book. I hate the main character, he repeatedly says “he hates” this or is “depressed by” that. If you cut that dialogue out this book would be 30 pages shorter. It’s actually really annoying. I had to force myself to finish this book and I’m not happy I did.

this book is hailed by many as a timeless classic, so I began reading excited to see what the hype was all about. by chapter 10 it was a pain to continue. Holden is just a whiney brat with awful opinions on the world presented in the just judgemental way. it's extremely difficult listening to people that judgemental. my only takeaway from this book is stay away from anyone who would rate this more than 3 stars.