The second book that I read was The Catcher in the Rye, recommended to me by Nate Ross, a former Junior. I asked for his advice on picking out both of my honors books, and his recommendations were great because I had never read The Catcher in the Rye, but had always wanted to because it's a classic, and it might be important for Junior year.
I really liked this book because of the way the author writes. It's not only well written, but it's also easily relatable and the conversations are fun to listen to. It's like listening to a good friend tell you a long story. It was also refreshing to read something "as told by" a teenager in the city that was also considered to be a classic. The book gives you a lot to think about and reflect on as you relate it to your day-to-day. A few things that I did dislike though were how at he would repeat things, from simple phrases used again and again, to whole concepts and ideas about his life. I understand that it was supposed to be written in the perspective of a teenager, and a lot of teens repeat things, but I thought that because it was a novel, that might be different for the sake of the reader.
Nate said that he really enjoyed this book because it was "real", and I completely agree. It was very easily relatable and real and fun to read. One thing that Nate disliked was that fact that Holden "was a little bit too much of a bitch at times". I also agree, because he kept going over the same things, and overreacting to everything that happened too him.
Overall I think that this book is an essential book for anyone, and as the back of the book says, "You will never forget it."
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