The book is fine but I really found Holden whiny and annoying. I don't understand why this book gets so much love. I wonder if I would have felt differently if I'd read it as a teenager but I was in my 30's and I just couldn't stand Holden.

I discussed it with someone who read it when it originally came out and they said at the time people loved the main character because no one had ever written a teenager like that. All other teenage characters were perfect but Holden felt real to them.