I read this in high school ehnglish, then again this past summer. For some reason I enjoyed it so much more when it was read on my own accored rather then as a school assignment, I give it 5 stars today, God knows it probably would have been much less back in HS only because I was such an opposition...
In my opinion, this is an amazing work of art, for sure! With that said, however, I do feel like parts of the story was cut too short. In fact, maybe it just feels to me like parts of the story was lacking completely. As someone who grew up doing farm work, for extra money during the summers, it fel...
Going up from 2 to 4 stars: turns out I really was too young to appreciate it. Beautifully written. Like in his book [b:Travels with Charley: In Search of America|5306|Travels with Charley In Search of America|John Steinbeck|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386924381s/5306.jpg|1024827], I love how Jo...
If I had read this book in high school instead of The Pearl or The Red Pony, I would not have wasted a good part of my adult life avoiding Steinbeck... I felt emotionally drained after reading this. The pace is deceptively slow, but the tension is there from the opening chapter and it builds drama...
Well, I knew nothing about the book before I started reading it. Most importantly, I didn't know how it was going to end... but I could recognize all the hints the daydreaming and the mice, and the girl, and the gun early on, and them not liking the place but staying anyway, and the old dog, and th...
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