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East Of Eden

John Steinbeck

4.46 AVERAGE

kag11f's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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

pjraff's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

chloehpearson's review against another edition

5.0

“‘Go through the motions, Adam.’

‘What motions?’

‘Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.’”

callipeterson's review against another edition

5.0

Listen… I do have some 4 star thoughts with this one, but I know it’s going to stick with me, so I’m going with 5 stars.

This was a lot… in a good way. I itched to talk about it every time I read a chapter. It’s just so rich and full of symbolism and philosophy and relationship dynamics. It really pushed me to think and evaluate and process. I’m still processing.

There were parts that felt random—mainly the Hamiltons’ stories. I didn’t know if they really fit with the story, but I had a friend give me perspective that actually made me appreciate those stories more.

So it goes to say, there is so much to learn here. And I don’t think I’ll ever exhaust the learnings from this book.

audreydavis30's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dylan_darko's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

samanthaselleck's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took me way too long to read this but I can see why this is a classic. I just think for me to have really appreciated the story, I should have read this in a class/group setting. I had to spark note synopsis’s which barely scratched the surface but gave me that additional time to ponder the themes and such.