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  • This is the first time I have read this. I liked it a lot better then The Grapes of Wrath also by John Steinbeck.The AP Literature Book Group is reading this as their monthly choice. I'll be very interested to see how they discuss it. I don't necessarily feel that there is a lot to be discussed...SP ... Continue

    This is the first time I have read this. I liked it a lot better then The Grapes of Wrath also by John Steinbeck.The AP Literature Book Group is reading this as their monthly choice. I'll be very interested to see how they discuss it. I don't necessarily feel that there is a lot to be discussed...SPOILERI wonder if George killed Lennie more for himself then for Lennie. It was pretty obvious that Lennie would die or go to prison anyways, but did George need to kill him himself. Was this easier for Lennie or was it easier for George?

    

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  • I read this book a very long time ago and loved it. In my opinion it is one of Steinbeck's best novels and classified a modern classic for a very good reason. This is my copy and I plan to read it again (as soon as my huge list of to-be-read books gets smaller).

    

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  • It's Faulkner, if you like Faulkner then you must also read Absolom Absolom to get really into Quentin's isms

    

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  • Wow, this book was so emotionally charged from the start that I didn't think I could read it without a vacation. I'll read it someday.

    

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  • In this case, the reward exceeds the challenge of the read, and the challenge is formidable. Perhaps the most difficult book I have ever read, but also one of the best.

    

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  • I read this during my sophomore year in high school (1984).

    

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