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Obviously a very powerful story, achingly well told. Steinbeck's writing is a joy to read, and the foreboding that suffuses the book is pitch-perfect. Most of the characters (more on that in a minute) are true to life, and the plot is well laid out. Curley's antagonism and George & Lenny's responses to it (as well as the responses of Crooks, Candy, and other more minor characters) are thought-provoking.
Would be a five-star for all that. But I really couldn't stomach the treatment of Curley's wif ...more
Would be a five-star for all that. But I really couldn't stomach the treatment of Curley's wif ...more
It is an amazing classic. I suggest anyone who enjoys reading to read this book. It tells the tale of true suffering in our lives as humans...
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