A review by biolexicon
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

1.0

I didn't like it. At all. I liked East of Eden so I thought I'd give this a whirl. I ended up thinking that this book is only praised because it accurately depicts a time period. I was hoping it would depict a human struggle with a time period as a backdrop. I was so bombarded with dust bowl I lost sight of the characters within it.
The dialogue in the book is written in that area's patois. At the time that made the book really accessible for common people to read, it spoke their language, used their words. Now it's just giving me a headache.
In short, East of Eden is way better. I feel like this was a history lesson snuck into English class/the English canon.