Reviews with content warning for Violence - Of Mice and Men

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

165 reviews

bnbcknghm's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Really well written, and the characters seem to jump out of the pages. The trajectory of the story seemed quite obvious early on, but the strong imagery and poetic tone takes you on a real journey to get there.

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aexyz's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A timeless portrait of the American Dream’s fragility, written in accessible language that still packs an emotional punch. Great for discussion about power, responsibility, and mercy killing.

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amandamagnan's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Not detailed or in-depth enough to paint a life-changing picture that it is often painted as. A super easy read, but not easy emotionally. Question the motives of the author in some ways but appreciate him in others.

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eledigi's review against another edition

4.25

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'm still crying

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akswhy's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A perfect story, no matter how violent and grim. It’s hard to overstate how well-crafted this novel is. There are about 100 reasons why it’s a classic. I can’t say I enjoyed it, but that is undoubtedly by design.

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oceantombs's review against another edition

0.25

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have never given a book such a low rating…I get it, the book was published in 1937, but sooooo much was left to be desired..

First I can handle a fair amount of cussing, but it felt that George was always bellyaching and tormenting Lenny..I understand why, but let’s just say if I was getting screamed at George I would have gone to the cave!!

Had a feeling something weird was going to happen,

but the fact George finally ended it

made it 10x more horrific especially since Lenny is sadly not all there..

Too much cussing for me, fowl characters, and most importantly no happily ever after and worst part the journey was not worth it for me!! Even a horrible story I can say “not what I wanted, but the journey with characters were worth it” I sadly cannot say the same for this book…if you like happily ever afters, this is not your story!!

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