Catcher in the Rye : Appropriate for 12 year old ?

[HughHonour]

Having a BIG difference with x-partner over the book I gave my son that I enjoyed at around his age .
She says he is not emotionally ready for the book . He is an intelligent and very advanced reader having just completed the Lord of the Rings.

What are your views?

oh oh ....and - 'those guys that have women's panties sewn into their hats' - genius actually....

'You take an old guy like that, they can really get a bang out of buying a blanket.'

ha ha ha I take it all back about Catcher and am off to get a copy for my 16 year olds.....thank you Nit1

Hurray!

People ate quote happy to let 12 year olds and below read The Hunger Games - which seems more accessible but far more inappropriate really...

nit - " “I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”

I'd like that on a t-shirt...

I had to read that book at school at 13 so no I don't think he is too young. I hated taking every page to pieces and writing reviews of each chapter. My English teacher killed it!!

I had to read and study it at school when I was 12. I loved it, still do!