Abandoned – The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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I’m not having much luck with this classics challenge – last week I decided that I couldn’t bring myself to re-read Wuthering Heights – so I thought I’d pick up The Catcher in the Rye instead. One of my friends at work keeps telling me that this was her favourite book when she was younger… but 73 pages in I think I’m going to have to abandon it!

As far as I can see this book has no story line – it’s just a 16 year old boy talking about a trip he made to New York city when he got kicked out of school. I know many people say that it’s a book everyone should read at least once in their lifetime – but I only have one lifetime and I just can’t watse any more of my time on it!

If you’ve read this book and think I should finish it then feel free to try and convince me in the comments below – otherwise it is being put back on the bookshelf… just in case – one day – I have a change of heart!