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Reader reviewed by Adrienne

Catcher in the Rye takes place in two days in Holden's confused life.
He's expelled from multiple boarding schools and just got expelled
again. He is expelled for failing several classes because he just
doesn't care anymore. After he is expelled, he doesn't want to go home
to face his parents, so he wanders around NYC trying to find things to
do. He doesn't like the "phonies" in the world and is very pessimistic.
He's also a rich boy who wastes a lot of money trying to entertain
himself which results in a prostitute, a fight, argument with a girl,
and lost money. In my opinion, I don't understand what was the point of
the book. It was pretty decent and not as boring as I thought it would
be. Holden's thoughts and dialogue was pretty funny. Every second he
swears which is kind of funny but annoying. It took a long time to
finish it because it didn't keep me hooked. I recommend and don't
recommend reading this. Also, I can see why this book has been banned
many times because of the language, alcohol and cigarette usage, and
sex talk of teenage boys.