Hi, I’m finishing reading Nine Stories by Salinger and was wondering about his characters: I find all his children characters are quite adult-like while the adult characters are quite childlike. But all of them have a quality (and I say “quality” as in a characteristic, not as a judgement of quality) which I find (and this is definitely a judgement but not of quality) in equal part sweet and infuriating. Anyone cares enough to share some thoughts on my first ever Reddit post? (this is a non-judgemental quality request of attention)
I don’t remember much about his characterization, but I was completely blown away by how much I loved that book. Going into it my only frame of reference for his work was The Catcher in the Rye and a smattering of his other short stories in the odd anthology here and there, so I wasn’t expecting to love it anywhere near as much as I did. I came away with a great deal of respect for Salinger as an author. It’s top-notch fiction, and for people like me who tried reading Salinger a few times before and didn’t come away impressed, it’s a total and complete game-changer.