Lettie Prell's Reviews > The Catcher in the Rye

I was maybe 15 years old when I read Catcher the first time. I checked it out of the high school library because I'd heard it had been banned in other places, so I wanted to read this illicit material. The whole time I read it, back then, I wondered when I'd get to the shocking parts. I finished reading the book wondering what the fuss was about.

Now, decades later, I know what the fuss was about, but "fuss" from the artistic viewpoint. It's pure genius, this book. I didn't really "get" it the first time. This time, I realized how funny it was, and how poignant, and toward the end I did wipe that little bit of tear from the corner of my eye. Highly recommended.