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nina_mk's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, and Colonisation
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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
5.0
We’ll start over. But you can’t start over. Only a baby can start. You and me-why, we’re all that’s been. The anger of a moment. The thousand of pictures, that’s us. This land, this red land, is us; and the flood years and the dust years and the flight years are us. We can’t start again.” The Grapes of Wrath
Absolutely breathtaking.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
dani_07's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I was forced to read this book for AP Lang and I hated it. My teacher totally dragged it out for 3 months and we did stupid assignments relating to the novel which made me hate it more. I thought the book was boring and I did not like the ending. Give me one good reason why Rose of Sharon bre$t feeding a man was the perfect ending to an already dreadful book. You can't, because there is no good reason. Although it may play into the theme of unity it was totally weird. There had to be a better way to showcase the theme and wrap up the book. Besides the ending being weird I also hated it because I like a book with a happy ending, or at least some hope, and Steinbeck left me with nothing but disappointment and sadness. I did appreciate the biblical allusion and some of the themes, but ultimately it was weird, pointless, and sad.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
chemwhiz95's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
kirstenadf's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
One of the most powerful and confronting books that I have read. After I finished reading the book, the characters stayed close to my thoughts for years.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
emileeandherbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.0
BAHAHAHAHA that ending!!!!!!!!!!! I could probably go on about how the ending has a deeper meaning, but instead you get my raw reaction haha.
Anyway. Screw the 1%! Eat the rich!
Anyway pt. 2. I found this book to be very slow and often times very boring, but when it was good it was really good - and it got me thinking about rich vs. poor, which I’m always thinking about.
I think the whole message is that we can all choose to be kind, have humanity, and become ‘one’ (hi, communism!!❤️). If we all chose to take care of one another, there wouldn’t be these massive economic gaps that are crippling for the lesser end. I noticed that both rich vs. poor during this book would break ‘societal rules’ / the law but if crime was done by a starving, impoverished person who had trial after trial, I felt it was justified; like stealing or even violent reactions sometimes (how could you not get violent/angry when you’re literally dying alongside your family?) Whereas the rich would shoot people off their property, attack them in the night or call the cops on them. Which is DISGUSTING behavior. Completely uncalled for. I don’t know if what I’m trying to say here makes sense.
America clearly has an issue with poverty and always has. Which is extremely disheartening. I don’t want to give up though because no matter what, I can help someone somehow. Once we give up, it really will crumble. WE ARE THE MANY! STAND TOGETHER 4EVER!
Lastly, these migrants had it ROUGH! If you want a real, painful look into the Dust Bowl years then read on! If you want a happy book then seriously, go find another read. 9/10 times something bad is happening.
Anyway. Screw the 1%! Eat the rich!
Anyway pt. 2. I found this book to be very slow and often times very boring, but when it was good it was really good - and it got me thinking about rich vs. poor, which I’m always thinking about.
I think the whole message is that we can all choose to be kind, have humanity, and become ‘one’ (hi, communism!!❤️). If we all chose to take care of one another, there wouldn’t be these massive economic gaps that are crippling for the lesser end. I noticed that both rich vs. poor during this book would break ‘societal rules’ / the law but if crime was done by a starving, impoverished person who had trial after trial, I felt it was justified; like stealing or even violent reactions sometimes (how could you not get violent/angry when you’re literally dying alongside your family?) Whereas the rich would shoot people off their property, attack them in the night or call the cops on them. Which is DISGUSTING behavior. Completely uncalled for. I don’t know if what I’m trying to say here makes sense.
America clearly has an issue with poverty and always has. Which is extremely disheartening. I don’t want to give up though because no matter what, I can help someone somehow. Once we give up, it really will crumble. WE ARE THE MANY! STAND TOGETHER 4EVER!
Lastly, these migrants had it ROUGH! If you want a real, painful look into the Dust Bowl years then read on! If you want a happy book then seriously, go find another read. 9/10 times something bad is happening.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death and Racial slurs
lylacks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
I think the main issue for me with this book is I just couldn't connect with the joad family. I loved the omniscient chapters and the politics and steinbeck's political commentary that I do think if this was an essay without a cast or even with a more flawed, less morally righteous family I would have absolutely loved this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death and Alcohol
the pregnancy and miscarriage warnings are specifically for stillbirth. additional content warnings for poverty, environmental collapse, capitalism, fighting, discriminatory language, murder, and overdoseheddasch's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Death of parent
asphodelhazel13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy
zeynepsiir's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Not my favorite Steinbeck, but still a very good read. It’s one of the saddest books out there for me, and it made me cry in the end. The Joad family is now in my heart forever.
Çeviriyi ne kadar sevdiğimden emin değilim, bazı seçimler rastgele gibi geldi (Rose of Sharon vs. Rozaşarn)
Çeviriyi ne kadar sevdiğimden emin değilim, bazı seçimler rastgele gibi geldi (Rose of Sharon vs. Rozaşarn)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death and Death