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SwingJugend t1_ixrdxsb wrote

It's probably a banal statement, but all classics, even the most criticized and controversial ones, are classics for a reason. No book (or movie, artwork, etc.) can be loved by everyone. Just because someone (or even you!) hate a work it doesn't mean that it's not an important part of cultural history.

That being said, I read Catcher in the Rye when I was 21 years old or so, and I loved it! It does capture the soul and voice of a pretentious teenager who thinks he's much more mature than he really i. The language and narrative style is perfectly balancing between parodic and earnest.

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