Apostrophe S

There’s honestly nothing I can say about this book that hasn’t already been said better and a thousand times over. But I’d never read, or at least finished, this “classic” until now.

What I will say is that I probably don’t “get” it. The book is slow. If it hadn’t been so short, I’m not sure I would have gotten through it at all. Dont’ get me wrong, I recognize the artistry in the prose, the writing style that defines the narrator, Holden, as much as, if not more, than his actions.

Holden sees 99.9 percent of the population as being “phony.” Honestly, the only person he really likes is his sister. So what does he do? He gets frustrated, and finally seems to come the the realization that there’s not much he can do about it.

I guess despite the fact that I appreciated the writing style and level of depth given to Holden, when I finished the last page of the book and closed it, I wondered what all the fuss was about all these years. I really did.