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Offline Kevrock

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Re: Buk Reedin' Thred (Book Thread)
« Reply #375: December 11, 2012, 01:56:04 PM »
Grapes is totally ham-fisted. The politics and the clumsy Christian themes and parallels drove me bonkers. I would have rather read a ten page essay on his political views than slogged through that book. I hated almost all of the characters, as well.

I even switched to the audio-book halfway through because I didn't want to give up.

Worst ending of any book I've ever read. What. The. Hey.

I didn't read fiction for 8 months after Grapes.

Steinbeck managed to write both my least favorite book (Grapes) and one of my favorites (East of Eden). East of Eden is not perfect but I really loved reading it.