The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger / Little, Brown and Co.

This is probably the most pointless book I've ever read. Although, I can't quite bring myself to call it a waste of time. Many times it really tested my patience. The story is a monologue by this way-ward sixteen year old, Holden Caulfield, who has a seriously impulsive behaviour. All through the book, he impulsively wonders from one topic to another, without exactly making the point that he set out to when he first ventured into a given subject. He generally has a personal dislike or problem with everything everybody does, from his roomie's shaving habits, to his date's pleasant chatter to a friend. Nothing makes him happy, except for his siblings, whom he adores with all his heart, strangely. It's also full of slangs that are understandable but are irritating as hell. Altogether, not a book I would pick up a second time.