165 reviews for:

The Pastures of Heaven

John Steinbeck

4.03 AVERAGE

sambern13's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

maddylee19's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional 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

gloomy__ghost's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective

chairmanbernanke's review against another edition

2.0

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Not especially enjoyable for me. A gratifying ending though.

wishlissa's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous reflective relaxing medium-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

rpaull_13's review against another edition

3.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

moldy_s's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-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

dasbooch's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

helenjenks's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mj470's review against another edition

5.0

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Historically I have not been a fan of Steinbeck. Pastures of Heaven floored me. It's deep and lovely and haunting and profound in its simplicity. The format of all the stories really worked for me. This book really leaves an impression and I think this vastly out performs East of Eden in its prose. It's lovely deep and unlike anything else I've read. This might be the best book I've read this year.