No more so than any other rigorous course.
I’m a big fan of taking AP Lang as a junior, assuming the teacher(s) are effective in teaching writing skills, which, in the long-term, is a valuable life skill, and in the short-term, will be invaluable for writing college application essays.
In terms of taking both AP Lang and AP Lit, I’m firmly in the “it depends” camp. If the applicant is targeting colleges that don’t give credit for both AP Lang and AP Lit, and if the HS offers interesting English electives as an alternative to AP Lit or English 4 Honors, I see no reason to take both if the student does not want to. Just because a school offers an AP does not mean that taking it is required,