I think overall the book brought some great discussion as people tended to either love it or hate it...and those books seem to spark the most interesting debate.
I think Tripp's comments (sent via email to Michelle) summed the book up best:
"I think Catcher is a brilliant exposition of adolescent angst, the turmoil-laden transition from childhood to adulthood, and the fear of loss of innocence. Holden is the catcher nobly struggling to save children from all the scary, major, yet inevitable changes they must undergo. Phoebe, Holden's sister, as the chief target of his "saving." But Holden himself is in the mix, and must be "saved" by Phoebe, who also becomes a catcher of sort.
I wouldn't say the hero prevails, but
