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        3.5
I finally read a short story collection that I genuinely liked! 

Ok so, Salinger is probably my favourite author (tied with Virginia Woolf) so I may be biased about this, but I can't help but to praise him for his god-damn writing; I'm not a short story person, I like to get to know my characters and to feel involved in their lives, this ables me to care for them deeply, so when I cried with one of these short stories I was fairly surprised that a writer was able to pull that off! 

But, just like every collection in the world, not all the items (stories) are equally enjoyable or well written. I extremely LOVED 4 of the 9 stories, and those were the ones that felt more Salinger-like to me. The other 5 were "meh" , nothing terrible but according my personal standard for Salinger they weren't eye-catching per se. 

This collection centers around war and communication. The topics that I'm terribly interested in and I feel like J.D does a good job in portraying people interacting with these notions. 

If you, like me, are not a short story fan give this a go. I promise that you get attached to the characters and find at least one story that touches you.