Book Review – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Posted by: on Thursday, July 31, 2008
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4 stars

Rating

4 stars – a tale of friendship and tragedy

Description

The plot centers on George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who is large and simpleminded, calming him and helping to rein in his immense physical strength.

Why did you choose to read this book?

Honestly? Today is the last day of the July Book Blowout and this was the shortest book I could find on the bookcase – I read it from cover to cover in about an hour and a half!

The Book Review

I last read this book for an English class at school and I enjoyed revisiting it today. It is a heartbreaking tale of two ranch hands, George and Lennie, who have a pipe dream to own their own ranch one day, where they can make their own decisions and live safely on their own.

But kind, sweet Lennie does not know his own strength and try as he might in the end even George can’t save him.

In this classic novella Steinbeck weaves a tale with strong characters and a storyline that has you holding your breath and hoping that it will all end so differently.

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  1. Trish
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    And it fits well with the classics challenge! I can’t remember if this was on your original list or not. Anyway, I’ve heard really great things about this book and his others, but for some reason I’m intimidated by Steinbeck. I think maybe because East of Eden is so gigantic (although I know his others are much shorter). Glad you liked it–I’ll definitely have to keep my eye for this one.

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  2. Heather
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    I love this book. I had the opportunity to sub in an english class last year and I had a know it all teenager tell me that there is no purpose to reading this book. I quickly taught her the importance of this book.

    So many of our classics are being forgotten.

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  3. T'Asia
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    I read this book over the summer for summer work. At first, I did not want to continue, but after about the third chapter, I couldn’t stop. Steinbeck did a good job writing this book and packing it with many themes and motifs. Making a long story short, read the book, you WILL enjoy it!

  4. Cheech
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    I just got done reading this book in my Journalistic Writing class and I must say I really enjoyed this book. The whole plot of the story was amazing and every character seemed to have its own personality wanting to shine through and speak its mind. When you read this book it just leaves you wanting more…you just want to keep reading it. That is something I always look in a book for…that it so good I can’t put it down and “of Mice and Men” accomplished that.

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