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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is my Ithaca because it also took me, at least, ten years to finally reach it. And I’m glad that I waited so long and that it wasn’t my first Steinbeck.
It doesn’t feel like fiction, this despair, it’s much too tender for that. Ten years before, I would have missed it; the dignity, the grace tucked like a pocket alongside all that suffering.
It doesn’t feel like fiction, this despair, it’s much too tender for that. Ten years before, I would have missed it; the dignity, the grace tucked like a pocket alongside all that suffering.
I loved this and am not sure how I got through high school without reading it.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Well written and has incredible insight/commentary on life in the United States during the depression. However, I hated it. Also the end was gross.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Would’ve been 3.5 or maybe even 4 but what the actual — was the ending?
This is THE great American novel. Best depiction of the heart of America I’ve read in any novel ever. Steinbeck’s meditations on alienation of labour, union-busting, and treatment of migrants ring true to modern political contexts (which is horrifying). Only reason I can’t give this a full 5 is because I’ve read east of Eden and it’s just un-toppable
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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