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The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

3.33 AVERAGE

janareviewsfromthestacks's review against another edition

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

gnpunpun's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mavismacneil's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

books_susie_reads's review against another edition

This is the first book I ever read.

sdhauser's review against another edition

3.0

If I could rate each section of this book individually it would go as follows:

The Gift - 2/5
The Great Mountains - 4/5
The Promise - 2/5
The Leader of the People - 2/5

Luckily this was a short read and I enjoy Steinbeck’s writing style, because the actual themes of this book were largely uninteresting to me. I can imagine English teachers having a field day with a literary analysis of this but I just couldn’t get any more invested than simply wanting it to be done. I’m rounding up my average score of 2.5 to 3 stars because rounding down feels too harsh.

Also what’s with Steinbeck’s obsession with killing animals? If anyone other than my friends is reading this please don’t actually answer that, I don’t care what his deal was.

suvata's review against another edition

4.0

I read this book as part of a group ReadAlong on Litsy hosted by yours-truly. We are going to read all six of Steinbeck's short novels. This was the third.