I was very impressed with this book and it is almost, but not quite a five star book. It is certainly the best of Steninbeck's books and he himself saw it as the culmination of his work.It is mostly a meditation on good and evil drawing heavily on the book of Genesis, but it is also about family, l...
I began this with some trepidation, considering its length. I made it through, but I doubt I'll read it again.I was prevented from sinking deep into the story, though, which is why I am hesitant to say I really liked the book. I think I was prevented from being entirely drawn into Steinbeck's world ...
I thought I wouldn't like this book very much but once I started it I couldn't put it down and it was one of the top twenty best books I have ever read. It really is just an incredible piece of storytelling. Everybody should read this book!
Although I do like Steinbeck’s strong, simple style of writing, this book let me down. With this book Steinbeck is delivering a message to his readers. I do agree with the message imparted, but I dislike that it is pounded into us. It isn’t enough to draw the story of Cain and Abel in one generation...
This was my second time around reading “East of Eden” and this time, thanks to my friend Kim I had the opportunity to augment this experience with [b:Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters|28910|Journal of a Novel The East of Eden Letters|John Steinbeck|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348124403...
I have such strong feelings about this novel that I have to divide it into sections to show all of its greatness. The only thing I knew about this book was that it was a Biblical tale involving the Hamilton family and the Trask family. Since I knew neither family going in, I had the freedom to be su...
Before he started writing this novel, Steinbeck conceived of it as a gift for his sons. He wrote:They are little boys now and they will never know what they came from through me, unless I tell them. It is not written for them to read now but when they are grown and the pains and joys have tousled th...
Who would suspect that a book which can be basically boiled down to "good versus evil" or "modern take on the Biblical 'Genesis'" would be such a pleasure to read? Steinbeck's East of Eden is a family epic in the long tradition of family epics, with a Biblical seasoning. Like most family epics I hav...
I read [b:The Grapes of Wrath|4395|The Grapes of Wrath|John Steinbeck|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352912927s/4395.jpg|2931549] about eight months ago, to be honest I was a little disappointed in it because I expected to like it more than I did on the basis of its reputation and because I love Ste...
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