I've had this book on my shelf for maybe 3 years. I heard about it through a hipster friend who's hipster brother had read it. And tempted by all the hipsters who have been reading it lately, and the HEFTY 100 something pages, I had to read it. Also tempted by the author, J.D. Salinger.
The book I read was Franny and Zooey, and the author also wrote one of my favorite books Catcher in the Rye. But there's a reason as to why one is famous among EVERYONE, and the other is only notorious through hipsters. Want to know why? Because Catcher is OBVIOUSLY good. Franny and Zooey, not so much. It just didn't hold up well, I can't figure out why. But anyways, hipsters only like things that are obscure and secret, and since F&Z is not well known, it's all of a sudden golden.
I don't get it hipsters. Please explain your logic. Please explain why crappy garage bands are somehow better than bands signed by huge record labels? Pray tell why poorly filmed indie movies, hardly even raved about at Sundance are better than blockbuster hits? There's reasons why Titanic is the highest grossing movie of all time, y'know? I mean, kid me not, I love my share of Wes Anderson and Belle & Sebastian, but you don't see me worshiping the Moldy Peaches. Y'know? You do know. Sure, sure, beauty in the ugliness, the simplicity of things, the reflective nature. But what's wrong with Green Day? Oh yeah, they played on MTV.
Well that's cool. To each his own. I need a new read.
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