A Catcher in the Rye. 

 By J.D Salinger

I loved this book the first time I read it, but I remember being more confused than anything. I didn't understand the complex emotions Holden was going through, and I felt lost most of the time, but I was in high school at the time, and didn't have much real world experience.

This time though, it was hard to read but was impossible to put down. Thats the beauty of re-reading books after time has past, it always hit you a little different. But Holden went through a lot of things I can relate to. The way he thinks, the way he was alone, the way he kept asking the wrong people for company and attention. 

Maybe thats not something I want to admit to though, after looking into more of the history and effect this book has had on pop culture, apparently its been the backbone or justification or murders who probably felt the world was full of "phonies" just like Holden did. It's beeb banned and unbanned throughout its life because it might inspire some kids to leave school, fail schools, fail society as Holden might have.

Holden and his view of his life during this time gives the misery some company, and then it grow because it feels justified.

How it ended with Holden deciding that he was going to go home and most likely try again at another school and enter into what seems like an unending cycle, but there is some hope still at the end, like maybe one of the random people Holden met in New York made him want to take school more seriously. But who's to say what happened to Holden.  

I would love to read more reviews and other peoples thoughts on this book, and maybe I'll read it again in a few years. 

:)