Catcher in the Rye- What I did not like about the book

It is hard for me to write an entire blog on what I didn't like about the book because I liked the book a lot, but here I go. To start with I didn't like how the book seemed so short lived. I felt like every story didn't seem to last very long. I thought that more depth could be added to each of the stories told. Like when they talked about Allie's death, Holden's parents, or the fight between Maurice and Holden, they could have added more interesting detail. That was the thing that was missing most from the book was detail. There was plenty of detail when it came to Holden himself but everything else fell a little flat in my opinion. "It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes." (Salinger, J.D. Chapter 9) I feel like this passage could have had so much more depth in it if the author would have just added some more detail. It is hard to relate to a part of a story when you don't really understand what it means. When there is not much of an example to go off of. The book could have also had a little bit more of happiness in it. As much as I liked the sort of depression theme to it, I feel that it could have been lightened up a bit. Maybe simply adding some crude humor or unlikely happiness to keep the theme and flow of the book intact. Just a little bit of a pick-me-up passage here and there would have been nice to see. All in all though I can not sit and bash the book to much because it really is a good read. If you allow yourself to broaden your thinking than the book can be a really good lesson to many people and teenagers especially. The messages it gives are fairly straight forward if you read the book at all.

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown and Company. 1951.