Sometimes you just want a big heavy epic about big modern (modern as in 20th Century) American ideas like free will, inheritance, jealousy, redemption, and birthright. But not so big and heavy that it doesn't have romance, prostitution, gambling, brawling, sibling rivalry, and murdering. For a class...
Wonderful book, I remember Steinbeck from high school, but i don't remember him like this, such a refreshing look at the essence of humanity, now that im done i feel like maybe i should've read the other ones first cause can they even compare to this one? My entire philosophy on life has been broade...
I think I've read enough now to realize that I prefer my books with the philosophy laid bare. I like the proverbs of Sancho Panza, the long speeches of Dmitri and Ivan in The Brothers Karamzov, the spectral prophecies of the Judge in Blood Meridian and even the blunt, thinly masked idealism of Ayn R...
Honestly, only reading this because Josh told me I should, so it's low on my priorities list right now, but I would like to return to it eventually. I read some of Steinbeck's work when I was younger and REALLY did not care for it, but revisiting works you shunned at a less mature stage of developme...
I liked East of Eden. I was surprised by the fact that some of the commentary in it seemed as if it could have been written last week.The reason I'm giving it four stars rather than five is because it had two aspects that bugged me. Characters that exist almost solely to be the voice of the author i...
I loved this book! It is the story of family and the story of how we can make choices that will direct our lives and the lives of the people around us. As one character in the book says, "I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their...
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