The Catcher in the Rye I read this beautiful book days ago. My opinion about this book is that I felt so identified with Holden Caulfield (main character), that short part of his "life" was so interesting to me that I thought while I was reading "well, I would like to go to a coffee shop with him or...to drink whisky and smoke a cigarette and just have a looong conversation with him" haha If you read a book carfully you can transport yourself and live that story.