The Catcher in the Rye

Semester 1 of Year 12 is officially over guys! I'm overjoyed ahahahahaha. I'm supposed to be preparing myself this holiday for Ujian Nasional and SBMPTN since it's only 4 and... 7 months away, respectively?

Anyway I decided to read The Catcher in the Rye a few days ago and I just finished the book a few minutes ago. I loved it! It really was a great book. Even though Holden Caulfield seemed to be a little bit of a rebellion and all that jazz, I did wish he was my older brother. Lol. 

I just learned that this book was published on July 16, 1951 which was exactly 45 years before I was born. Oh how exciting! I loved how this book expressed teenage angst. I knew that this book was banned in certain countries and I did think it may be because of the explicit language used. Since the book started, it already included a lot of swearing such as "Sonuvabitch" and friends.

To me personally, it was fine. I wasn't really the kind of person who'd change easily after reading a certain book however giving age limit for readers would be nice. At least 15 and over perhaps. 

Holden here was a clueless 16 year old boy. He seemed to unable to enjoy anything and rather pessimistic to me but I did think it was all because he didn't know who he really was. He kept changing his mind and was still looking for his identity. 

Well overall I did think it's a great book. So much love for J.D. Salinger!