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I gave it a real try. As mentioned prior to its selection I really didn't feel like reading another Steinbeck having not liked East of Eden and really detesting Grapes of Wrath. This was the best of them, but I really didn't like it.
I find all of his writing just feels very self-indulgent. The elaborate descriptions are fine for a while, but just get to be too much for me. This also felt like a book of short stories, which would have been preferable because the connective tissue that tried to make it a novel was thin.
I haven't seen the movie, but as I imagined the place, the characters and the actions I couldn't help but picture the story animated Pixar style.
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