The problem with this book is that J.D. Salinger gets really repetitious about his character ‘Holden’. Look, I don’t care if Holden is selfish and opinionated and thinks like an immature brat. It actually made him a compelling character to read and is artfully done sometimes. What I do care about is how his thoughts are reflected by the author. He utilizes Holden’s thoughts in the same variation or thought process on EVERY PAGE. Perhaps I need to be more detailed in my description about this.
Seems like every other paragraph Salinger runs through this same process:
1) An event happens, and is described by Holden/Salinger
2) Holden talks about the event particularly
3) Holden generalizes this event to include most of the world
OR:
6) First person’s viewpoint
7) Second person’s viewpoint (the same as the first) 
Holden/Salinger’s viewpoint (often the same as both)
The problem is, there’s nothing brilliant about this. Whether Salinger is thought brilliant by expressing a cynical view of the world in 1950s through the eyes of a 16-year old boy, he gets to be repetitious. Within nearly every page you will find this guideline to his literary writing once, if not twice per page. Example:
Page 85:
1) “I was surrounded by jerks”
2) “On my right there was this very Joe Yale looking guy, in a gray flannel suit and one of those flitty-looking Tattersall vests”
3) “All those Ivy League bastards look alike”
Page 87:
6) “You could tell the waiter didn’t like her much”
7) “You could tell the Navy guy didn’t like her much” “I didn’t like her very much”
The brilliance dissipates, leaving you with a character going about, commenting about his experiences utilizing the same handful of explicits. You know what “kills me” all the time Holden/Salinger? The way every page is also riddled with these EXACT words, along with: “I hate that stuff”, “He was one of those guys”, “She was one of those types” or some equally cliché pronouncement.
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