Review of Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Or how I ended up hyperventilating in a hotel room)

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” 

-J.D. Salinger

I didn't get around to reading this book until last summer, between my sophomore and junior year at college. I had tried to read it in high school, but never really got passed the first few pages. My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to connect with Catcher the way that people who read younger. And, truthfully, I still am not sure.