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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
One of the greatest journeys of all time. At no time of time does this book seem rewarding, but you can't help but go on. You feel and cry with the Joads; you share their sparse meals; you feel the huger, and since you are not really a part of their journey, you don't feel fear; you feel anger and resentment. Steinbeck wrote that he wanted to rip the reader nerves to rags and he succeeds. He has not one big success but many spread throughout the book in little moments that burst in the reader and make them physically feel the story.
Not only does one cry at moments of despair in the book, there are also moments of sheer unalloyed beauty that bring you to tears.
All of this unorganised, I don't know. I don't have the exact words. I can't right now. There is just too much in this book to sit and write a review right after one reads it. One needs time to feel it first, one needs to let it haunt them first. Then maybe if it is done, I can write a review.
I'll leave you with one of greatest lines in the book, which incidentally also encapsulates the feeling of finishing it:
'I'm jus' pain covered in skin.'
Not only does one cry at moments of despair in the book, there are also moments of sheer unalloyed beauty that bring you to tears.
All of this unorganised, I don't know. I don't have the exact words. I can't right now. There is just too much in this book to sit and write a review right after one reads it. One needs time to feel it first, one needs to let it haunt them first. Then maybe if it is done, I can write a review.
I'll leave you with one of greatest lines in the book, which incidentally also encapsulates the feeling of finishing it:
'I'm jus' pain covered in skin.'