J. D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey

Pros: Highly developed characters...
Cons: Slow start, reader needs/should be familiar with Glass family...

However unfortunate it is that this is Mr. Salinger's last published work is irrelevant. What follows after the title page is an onslaught of character dialogue that would be served an injustice if described as something other than "pure...

Pros: An interesting, thought-provoking, and hilarious read
Cons: Sometimes tedious recount of the family tree

For those of you that think J D Salinger's only literary gem, and not even that, was The Catcher in the Rye, you are quite mistaken. Franny and Zooey is just as pleasing of a novel, if not more. Salinger's irreverent style of encapsulating the 1950's is...

Pros: better than 'catcher in the rye'
Cons: the spirituality theme gets a bit tiresome

A huge number of people, it appears, read 'Catcher In The Rye' and immediately forget about J.D. Salinger, the reason being mainly the 'If it's not required for english class, it's not important' attitude taken by so many students. It is an unfortunate...

Pros: a spiritually abstract novel about two family members. great read for the alt group.
Cons: lengthy read at points, & usually an over-drawn vocab for the high school student.

franny & zooey is a compelling story about the two youngest members of the glass family. i read this book after reading, like most of you, catcher & the rye. what a find of salinger's. he's such an amazing writer, so abstract & he can put subtle messages between the lines in a way thats not so cliche. i suggest this book to anyone who is a thinker & who loves to be enlightened.