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one of the best book in all of literature!
Wow.
After finishing this book, all I can do is keep repeating the word "wow." I say the word, I think for awhile, I glace back at the book, and say "wow" again. I can't help it; it's just that kind of book.
It's hard to explain what this book is about. Steinbeck is a much better writer than I am, so I'll use his words in my review: "I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avar ...more
After finishing this book, all I can do is keep repeating the word "wow." I say the word, I think for awhile, I glace back at the book, and say "wow" again. I can't help it; it's just that kind of book.
It's hard to explain what this book is about. Steinbeck is a much better writer than I am, so I'll use his words in my review: "I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avar ...more
Apr 03, 2009
Jessica (Books: A true story)
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it was amazing
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I can see why the setting is so important in John Steinbeck's novels. It's the first thing we get to experience in East of Eden. The descriptions that John Steinbeck writes about the Salinas Valley, where East of Eden is set, made it sound like paradise. I don't know why, but I was completely enchanted when they are digging a well in the valley and they discover shells from the ocean and redwood from an ancient forest that had both been there a long time ago. It gave the setting this beauti
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Dec 23, 2016
Nicole
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did not like it
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Laborious and depressing. I can't deny it is an intelligent book, but I loathed nearly the entire thing. The ending was surprisingly decent considering the drudgery I experienced in getting there. Glad to put this one behind me!
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So far I'm obsessed with this book. I don't want to put it down.
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Aug 19, 2008
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