I absolutely think thats true, if I were to read Catcher now without connecting with it as a teenager who knows if it would have hit the same way. The Bell Jar and Catcher are so up there for me when I recommend books, especially to nihilistic 19 year olds.

Goldfinch is a long book, it took me a while to really get hooked but once i did I couldn't put it down.

Thank you for reading and commenting, it's a joy to talk about reading :)