These reviews are not limited to the time period the book was released in because even to this day it is getting both good and poor reviews. It seems as if parents and adults still feel this novel is not appropriate for the young adult audience it is intended for. In the Time Magazine Vault, there is a review from 1951. There was no author It summarizes the novel, but it focuses on some of the dirty parts of the book. Yet I interpret this review with the critic not being completely opposed to this novel. While the critic does give the vibe of not liking the book, it is also mentioned how the critic believes that Salinger can well understand the minds of adolescents without acting like an adolescent. Another review from the New Republic website begins with mentioning how the novel had an amazing review from the Times the day after it was published, but Kelley, the writer of the opposing review, later reveals how she believes differently. She reveals how she dislikes the fact that she has to say “I told you so”, referring to how the great anticipation of the book turned into a whole controversy of negativity rather than the highly anticipated greatness of the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Kelley even quotes another review which mentions how disappointing the novel is, with all the repetition and the constant problems with adolescence. The quoted review goes on about how Holden is not true to the
These reviews are not limited to the time period the book was released in because even to this day it is getting both good and poor reviews. It seems as if parents and adults still feel this novel is not appropriate for the young adult audience it is intended for. In the Time Magazine Vault, there is a review from 1951. There was no author It summarizes the novel, but it focuses on some of the dirty parts of the book. Yet I interpret this review with the critic not being completely opposed to this novel. While the critic does give the vibe of not liking the book, it is also mentioned how the critic believes that Salinger can well understand the minds of adolescents without acting like an adolescent. Another review from the New Republic website begins with mentioning how the novel had an amazing review from the Times the day after it was published, but Kelley, the writer of the opposing review, later reveals how she believes differently. She reveals how she dislikes the fact that she has to say “I told you so”, referring to how the great anticipation of the book turned into a whole controversy of negativity rather than the highly anticipated greatness of the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Kelley even quotes another review which mentions how disappointing the novel is, with all the repetition and the constant problems with adolescence. The quoted review goes on about how Holden is not true to the