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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

28 reviews

the_harlequin's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Stalking, and Classism

mlsweeten's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It’s hard to give a rating to one of the saddest books I’ve ever read.  It’s depressing but written so well that I couldn’t stop until I was finished. I so wanted Lennie to find happiness and raise his rabbits. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder

jupiter_56's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

0.75

i just generally didn’t like the book. i was forced to read it for school and thought it has the most mind-boring plot ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Read it for school as I'm sure most people did. It's alright; way shorter than I thought it would be. The writing is good, but it also comes across as a little bit whiney and pessimistic, and it ends up sounding like every other book written and set in that era of time. It's extremely hard to like any of the characters, which might be the point but it made it kind of a slog to read even though it's so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Religious bigotry

hilary_h's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Of mice and men is set on a farm in California. It definitely isn't my usual type of read but I found the morals of the story very interesting. One thing I noticed is that Steinbeck explores different types of prejudice and discrimination in this book and there is a character for each type. Curley's wife represents sexism, Crooks represents racism, Candy represents ageism and Lennie represents discrimination towards people with mental disablilities. Just to note, there's some vulgar language the other characters say towards these people but I don't think that Steinbeck meant it personally; he just wanted to show the reality of the 1930s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

_gabi_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

fernhunter's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

It was one of the first books in a long time that made me truly uncomfortable and I really disliked all of the characters. The main ideas are so deeply hidden that I had to read analysis to understand what exactly this book was written for. I read it only because my literature professor used it as an example of "mice and men" model of society when we were discussing O. Wilde but her explanation of the book is definitely better than the work itself. It was super weird and shocking, I had to take pauses and read this small story for days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Violence

vinsynt's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, and Murder

marinapaso11's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism