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Summary: -
Review: I can enjoy a moral or allegory as much as the next man, but I wanted something more than this from Steinbeck. The novel seemed stripped down compared to his others, like a skeleton.
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Summary: A Good and Short Read, but very depressing
Review: I enjoyed this book a lot. It is basically just a folktale written in a novelists viewpoint. It was so short, though, it took me about 2 hours and I thought that it could be classified as a novella. That basic storyline is that a fisherman who dives for pearls finally finds a 'perfect pearl', but it may lead to disaster... It was a fun little tale in the beginning, but in the middle and towards the end, it got very depressing and I didn't like it as much as I might have it wasn't depressing. The Bottom line is that if you don't mind depressing stories, and like folktales, you'll like this. Enjoy the folktale! A.A.
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Summary: SAD!
Review: The ending of this book is very sad. It is about a man who thinks it is his lucky day when he finds one of the largest pearls he has ever seen. However this luck changes drastically and goes against him. The pearl wasn't lucky after all. I will not tell you the ending because I hate it when reviewers do that! Don't you?
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Summary: Pearless
Review: This is a crazy book. It is so stupid. A man finds a pearl, gets his family, and son into a lot of crud, and then throws the Pearl away. Why doesn't he just sell it for 1,000 Pecos. It is somewhat reasonable. I think that if you want to read one of Stienbecks books, this is not one of his best ones.
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Summary: Wordy though enjoyable read.
Review: Like many other reviewers of this book, I was forced read this book because it was on my English reading list. This book was, how can I put it, it was not enjoyable for me to read, but it is enjoyable to think about. The premise, the plot, the characters and their actions are all really beautiful upon recollection. I just didn't enjoy reading it. it seems as if Steinbeck used this novelette as one long exercise in imagery. He describes everything to death and I had to force myself to focus. But it is a beautiful book. I would recommend it, though not to the backstreet-boy-listening-glitter-fingernail-polished-teen-magazine crowd.
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Summary: a teens view
Review: the pearl had many interesting themes like music, deceit and pride. i enjoyed seeing how sudden wealth could so drasticly change some ones life. One thing that i really didn't like was how much excessive detail there was. John Stienbeck spent so much time on the underlying themes that the main action and plot often dragged on aimelessly. Also it was kind of confusing and complicated so you had to read it several times to get the point. Over all the pearl is good enough to read when you have extra time but dont buy it unless you love classical and philosophical novels.
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Summary: Good premise, but a one-time read.
Review: The premise and plot of The Pearl is excellent. The struggle of man against money and other man is a hard one, and this book brings it all out. However, the dialogue is very dry, and there's hardly any of it. The book is enjoyable in some parts, but only some, and you find yourself reading to finish it, not reading to actually enjoy the book. I have to give John Steinbeck some credit for expressing the thoughts and feelings of the characters through the music of Kino, but, bottom line, be glad its only ninety pages.
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Summary: DO NOT READ!
Review: The Pearl, by John Steinbeck,was a book I decided to read after a friend told me about it. It was fairly short and didn't hold any meaning. I truly think that this was Steinbeck's idea of Indians' poverty due to white man rather than a great idea for a novel. He used the two different societies and the doctor's greed to show how the white man tore the Indians apart. I think he chose a pearl as the jewel to be found because it is pretty close to white in color. The evil pearl buyers were also implied to be white people trying to kill Kino and his family for the pearl. The basic storyline could have been a descent novel had Steinbeck not thrown in all the other stuff. I would not recommend this book to anyone due to the content implied on the white man. If you must read this book, get it over quickly (you could probably finish in a day or so) and read The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Summary: This Book Was A little Interesting
Review: This book was an interesting book and it teaches you a lot about racial prejudice. i think that kino was a little taken over with getting alot of money.
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Summary: Don't read this book!
Review: I had to read this for my english class and it was hard to get through but it was also very creepy and weird. The main character, also the narrator at times would always hear "songs" in his mind and frequently it was the song of "evil" or "bad luck". This was a terrible and disturbing book that was awful I reccoment highly that you do not read it because it is messed up and awful. The ending is also terrible because it is a big disapointment and you realize how much time you wasted reading this book in the first place!
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