A review by lylacks
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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

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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 overdose