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emotional
reflective
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:
Yes
An absolute masterpiece. Gets better every time I read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ich weiß nicht was ich dazu sagen soll.
Es scheint alles nicht ausreichend zu sein um dieses Buch zu beschreiben.
Steinbeck ist solch ein meisterhafter Erzähler.
Er schafft es so viel auf so wenigen Seiten zu sagen. Man denkt man hat einen dicken Roman gelesen.
Sobald man das Ende erreicht hat wird einem klar, dass die erste Hälfte komplett forshadowing war und man es am liebsten noch einmal lesen möchte.
Es scheint alles nicht ausreichend zu sein um dieses Buch zu beschreiben.
Steinbeck ist solch ein meisterhafter Erzähler.
Er schafft es so viel auf so wenigen Seiten zu sagen. Man denkt man hat einen dicken Roman gelesen.
Sobald man das Ende erreicht hat wird einem klar, dass die erste Hälfte komplett forshadowing war und man es am liebsten noch einmal lesen möchte.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Violence
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Magnifique roman graphique, les illustrations sont à tomber par terre! L’histoire est d’ailleurs tout aussi prenante, malgré qu’elle a mal vieilli sous certains aspects (i.e. le seul personnage féminin et son rôle dans l’histoire). J’ai même versé une larme à la fin.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a good read but also a truly hard and painful experience. As you go through the book you have to ask yourself these deep grievances and what you think was right. Why did he stay with him. Was what George did at the end what needed to be done. Was it truly merciful to Lennie?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Murder
Minor: Animal death
slow-paced
Though this book does not hold up for me since reading it the first time forever ago, the second to last page will forever be a knife to my heart
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Murder
Minor: Violence
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Surprisingly, this wasn’t boring like I assumed it would be. I can’t lie and say that I didn’t like the story but for this to be such a small book, a huge chunk of it contained racist, abeist, and sexist language. This is book to be taken with a grain of salt because the setting and time it was written obviously had a huge influence on the book.
Steinbeck’s storytelling and use of imagery really drew me in but I hated how the characters who were minorities (autistic man, crippled black man, woman, disabled elderly man) who were in some way dehumanized by the other characters - all of whom were physically capable, neurotypical white men. There were moments that Steinbeck brought humanity to the dehumanized characters but to me it just wasn’t fleshed out enough. The main themes of the book could have hit home more if the story had been longer - maybe more indepth backstories to the different characters, how they are viewed by others and more insight to their individual struggles. Those things were touched on but felt so brief for it to have made more of an impact. The humanization of those characters wasn’t emphasized enough, so the derogatory remarks seem more prevalent. Thus, people who hate this book see it as purely discriminatory.
I get why this won a prize; the storytelling was engaging and the plot was poignant but I’m
not crazy on how American literature like this one slings around slurs or depicts specific people groups. I do feel like this book could have been more subversive for it’s time though if Steinbeck had approached the characters differently. Without the rampant use of discriminatory language or the way he conveyed some of the characters (especially Lennie), they could have been understood instead of viewed as inferior.
This is good if you’re trying to read more classics and don’t want anything daunting in verbiage or length. To say this is enjoyable is subjective though because of the controversial content.
Steinbeck’s storytelling and use of imagery really drew me in but I hated how the characters who were minorities (autistic man, crippled black man, woman, disabled elderly man) who were in some way dehumanized by the other characters - all of whom were physically capable, neurotypical white men. There were moments that Steinbeck brought humanity to the dehumanized characters but to me it just wasn’t fleshed out enough. The main themes of the book could have hit home more if the story had been longer - maybe more indepth backstories to the different characters, how they are viewed by others and more insight to their individual struggles. Those things were touched on but felt so brief for it to have made more of an impact. The humanization of those characters wasn’t emphasized enough, so the derogatory remarks seem more prevalent. Thus, people who hate this book see it as purely discriminatory.
I get why this won a prize; the storytelling was engaging and the plot was poignant but I’m
not crazy on how American literature like this one slings around slurs or depicts specific people groups. I do feel like this book could have been more subversive for it’s time though if Steinbeck had approached the characters differently. Without the rampant use of discriminatory language or the way he conveyed some of the characters (especially Lennie), they could have been understood instead of viewed as inferior.
This is good if you’re trying to read more classics and don’t want anything daunting in verbiage or length. To say this is enjoyable is subjective though because of the controversial content.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Violence
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Racial slurs
Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence