Reviews

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

sa_lina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

heathicusmaximus's review against another edition

4.0

Though short, it brings up some heavy decisions of the people in the book, some are a bit rough for me to even think about and a few characters do things without a second thought (heartless). You find yourself thinking if you would have made the same decisions and they're not so heartless. I think that people who are into psychoanalysis/Freud would make a ton of assumptions I don't think have merit, instead I think one guy has traits of autism and the other guy found a companion. Give yourself a day or two to read it.

libraryian's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

ignited_redqueen75's review against another edition

5.0

I read this book in high school and it is still one of my favorite books. This story of an unbelievable, amazing friendship and dreams that will break your heart is something that I still carry with me. It is a fast read but one that will last you forever.

anna111185149141's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

davidcottington's review against another edition

3.0

Challenging myself to read a few classics this year (or audiobook).

Started with this because I studied it at school. Younger me had zero empathy and I completely forgot the end.

amallard's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

aredhel_alcarin's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.5

kaamezcua2's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

spectracommunist's review against another edition

4.0

“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”

A touching short story of two drifter farm boys - one being short but wise 'George' and the other being huge but fool 'Lennie' with their dreams of buying their own land working on a ranch ...
The story is very simple but there are quite notable features were the accents which were beautifully delivered, the diversity in characters (that's the best one) and the ending.

The title describes that Men like Mice are slaves of their destiny and are quite vulnerable to it. This allegory itself was symbolized at the starting parts of the story and the ending was made symmetric accordingly.

I enjoyed the book especially the parts in ranch but before that, there were quite redundancies in dialogues which I feel should be avoided in a short story and to make something more fascinating.