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catreeney's review against another edition
reflective
2.75
Quite a dull book, I really wasn’t very interested in the authors thoughts as he trucked on, a lot of which seemed a bit fictionalised anyway.
It was short but loooong.
It was short but loooong.
wilde_read's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
I enjoyed this introduction to Steinbeck very much. I want to read more of Steinbeck's works, but whether it will be fiction or non-fiction next, I haven't decided. My bigger goal is to immerse myself in his writing and then take a trip to explore California's "Steinbeck Country".
jakekilroy's review against another edition
5.0
This is the road book I've always wanted from literature. It's open, sincere, charming, and goofy, all with a level mind at the wheel, unpacking America. It's also bewilderingly timeless, somehow as relevant today, 60+ years later, as it was then a first-hand account of "the times." From the die-out of mom and pop shops to the unjustly binary of political ferocity, what he has to explore and dissect seems to be a mass of ongoing themes found in today's world. His musings on every topic that springs to mind seems routinely applicable to all that we want from the modern day, from each other, from our country, from the universe at large. Steinbeck can seemingly meet anyone where they're at as who they are, as easy with outdoorsmen as he is with study-bound scholars. He just wants to know the world, and perhaps his place and America's place within it, respectively. It's an odyssey to be sure, one man seeking out answers as truly as he can, with his truck, his pen, and his dog.
ddksouth's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
tintinintibet's review against another edition
5.0
If I were rating for the average reader, a 2. For those who've driven cross-country, add a point. Those who've done so solo, another. Those with naive, cringeworthy juvenile travel journals (or if yours managed more), one more point.