After scanning the rest of the reviews here, I'm glad that my planned first line actually makes sense to someone other than just me: Almost anything I could say about this book would be a spoiler. (Even that is a spoiler)

So I won't talk about the story. I had no idea it was generally categorized as "Young Adult" or "Teen" fiction when I checked it out and I didn't read it as such. I'm not anywhere near a "young adult" anymore...but golly, I do remember that time period a little too clearly.

This is a serious question, would any of you classify Catcher in the Rye as purely for "young adults"?

I loved it. I was laughing AND crying, I like that kind of book in between the stale 12-grain rye.