i understand why this is regarded as such a classic, and whilst i found it easy to read, it absoultely annoyed the living daylights out of me. i found Holden to be such a whiny adolescent and whilst we're all like that at his particular age, i just couldn't connect to the character and did not want to know him. if i really like a character i like to be able to imagine being able to interact with them. all i'd want to do with holden, is slap him. it's a good book, not saying it isn't, but i just did not enjoy Holden's character at all.