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John Steinbeck

4.46 AVERAGE

ramvaz07's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

millsy24's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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This book is the best I’ve ever read. Simple. It was the most emotional, riveting, intense fountain of knowledge and reflection I’ve come across, with Steinbeck having a way of writing that makes every character come alive, every thought feel like your own, and the emotional battles hit you as hard as it might have hit them. For 600 pages it flew by, making for easy reading that was challenging to comprehend in a delightful way. The ending and book overall is one of the only reads that made me want to study it upon completion, analysing it as much as possible to grasp the meaning. Maybe this isn’t what Steinbeck intended, wanting it to affect everyone the natural way intended. Whenever I encounter hardship or despair from now on, I will try and remember timshel. 

mmwbrown114's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

namyap's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

krisdoesthings's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

scrapbookqueen's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lauringe's review against another edition

5.0

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My therapist is SICK of me mentioning this book… my students are too

Justice for Kathy tho

pseudobabes's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Sometimes a book is too big and my brain is too small. Talk to me again in a year. 

lilusions's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

bellajg7's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective sad 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