this is my favourite book ever probably. it's already fundamentally shaped the way i look at the world in so many ways. catcher in the rye is one of my favourites of all time and i've put off reading this for so long because i thought it would never be able to live up to that standard, but somehow it's even better. and i'm saying that as someone who thinks catcher in the rye is a perfect book with no flaws. genuinely i love j. d. salinger. the things he does with language in this book are really just extraordinary. there are lines from it that i keep repeating to myself in my head as i go about my day (a bit like the jesus prayer LOL) and i wanted to quote some of them here but i realised i'd just be quoting the whole damn book. i love love love love love this. i see so much of my brother in zooey. i just love this book. i need to stop typing because if i get into it this'll end up being a literary essay. genuinely just 100% recommend. please read this

coming back to edit this just to say that “i love you to pieces, distraction, etc.” is possibly the shortest yet also single most beautiful love poem ever