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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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daisy_eliza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A truly beautiful book that is simplistic yet sets each character up as individual. You truly feel all of George's emotions being stuck with Lenny, yet you feel sympathy for Lenny, a gentle soul too strong for his own good. The ending is truly brutal but essential to the story and although it hurts George

to kill Lenny it is essential else Lenny would surely befall a worse fate if Curly got a hold of him. I hope after George, Candy and Crooks got their farm and had some rabbits. Lenny would have loved the rabbits.

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jankengon's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Lord have mercy... this drained me. Despite being 75% exposition and 25% plot, I fell in love with the two main characters and their friendship. I don't think I'll ever read it again, though. It's too much on my heart.

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moodreadingwithmaddy's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Have you ever read a book 10 years ago and then reread that book 10 years later for a summer reading challenge? You have minimal memories of the plot, but still some significant memories nonetheless… And you move through the story thinking, “This is not at all how I remember this story going… Maybe they re wrote the ending? It doesn’t sound like it’s going to end how I remember it… Surely I am not remembering correctly…” Only for the story to end how you remember it ending and you hope that you don’t have to reread the story for at least another 10 more years… Anyone?? Just me?? Cool cool cool.

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natrat02's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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robyn1998's review against another edition

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reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this for what it was. It was very accessible and the writing kept me interested, especially the sense of place. I will probably read more of John Steinbeck's work once I'm ready to tolerate a large dose of racism and misogyny again.

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pikkumarja's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No

2.25

Kirjan pituuteen nähden (noin 140 sivua) lukemiseen meni tuskaisen kauan. Tämä ei ollut minulle, enkä ihan suoraan sanottuna ymmärrä klassikkoasemaa, koska kirja kuvaa ihmisyyttä niin vastenmielisellä tavalla, ettei samaistumispintaa ihmisyyteen edes ole näin lukijalla. Toisaalta saattaa olla, että ihmisille, jotka eivät tiedä mitään vammaisuudesta, kirja uppoaisi paremmin. Ja ehkä sellaisille henkilöille, joille riittää yksi nainen kirjan hahmokaartissa ja ei haittaa, vaikka n-sana mainitaan aika monta kertaa.

Ei tämä siis kyllä ihan umpisurkea ollut ja onpahan nyt luettu.

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