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Summary: The most boring book I have ever read
Review: I have read some bad books in my time, however this takes the biscuit. Don't read it unless you are on a long plane journey and are suffering from insomnia. It is so dull,dull,dull that you will want to jump off the plane if you wake up and have to start reading it again.
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Summary: This book was awful
Review: I read this book in 7th grade for required reading and I don't understand who chose this to torture students! Our English teacher sure loved it, I don't know what was going through her head. Not only is it boring, the moral is so head-scratchingly complex that it is simple beyond words. This book digs into reality and comes up with dysfunctional characters in a completely pessimistic view of the world. What the author was trying to accomplish was realization of what can happen when you're not compassionate and greedy. Yet Juana, Coyotito and Kino demonstrated something more relating to hell. Certainly do not read this if you want a happy ending, for there is none. However, despite the mediocracy of this book, others by John Steinbeck aren't nearly as bad.
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Summary: it stunk
Review: bla bla bla readin that 1000 times over is more interestin than this boo
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Summary: My English/Lit. Teacher Will Get an Earful
Review: I, like many others, had to read this book for 10th grade English. I put it off until there was only a day left, and I can see why I did it. The summary on the back cover repeats what many other books do... don't be greedy. The book repeats that... in 90 pages!I think that I would have been more inclined to read a book that wasn't about wackos from Mexico. And the fact that all this guy heard was sining in his head... phew! I had some things in my head too while reding, but I'd get in trouble for saying them in school. Anyway, the book was OK (and I use the term broadly) as i was reading it, it did keep me interested. But I did not rush back to it in the morning nearly as fast as I rushed back to the other books I read, Harry Potter and The Phantom Menace. But, as I look back, this book left barely any impact on me and I doubt I'll remember it for the test. I don't see how they can claim that a book like this is a classic, if it has no effect on peoples' minds. Thanks. My opinion... buy the book if you have to, but if you don't stick to books tat you can relate to (and without names like Coyotito).
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Summary: umm....
Review: k so this book was okay...but id take a good mystery book any day! it has some good point but it was a bit borin...but i think this book is more for older people and not for like us teens...i mean im 14/f and sorry to say i realllyyy thought this book was borin...i readi it in 7th grade and i cant remember anything (so i kno itz outright boring) definately suggested for older people
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Summary: The Pearl- not as valuable as it sounds
Review: I am in Middle School and I read this book as one of the choices for my summer Reading. The reason why I chose this boook was because it was the shortest, and I still had to read 2 other books, and because it was considered a classic. My Dad encouraged me to read it also because it is considered a "classic." In my opinion, this bok was a very interesting book. When I finished it, I kept trying to figure out the whole moral and point of it. If this is one of Steinbeck's best, I think next time I will try a different author. Although some books really earn the name of being called a "classic," this book was just an ordinary book. There was defintely a point and moral to it, but I might just be too young to understand it. In my opnion, more adults seem to find books of this genre more interesting then us teen-agers do. I just loked over the summary on my Summer Reading List for the Pearl it states: A fisherman finds "the Pearl beyond the price," hoping to find peace and happiness, but learning that whats important can not always be bought." Well, that's definately one way of looking at it. This book is not as bad as everyone makes it sound, but I definately think you should have some time to sit down and think aobut the moral of it.
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Summary: ZZZZZ.......
Review: This book was SO boring! It put me to sleep so many times when I tried to read it. I was made to read it and write an essay on the topic "facing monsters" for my 9th grade Honors English class over the summer. Who makes these books "classics"??
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Summary: A Dramatic and Beautifully Detailed Novella
Review: Steinbeck's storytelling should enthrall any intelligent reader more than long enough to get the book's moral across. It is told in a language similiar to Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", with a broad meaning and a great depth in a short, simple story. It may be depressing to some, but they seem to miss the entire point of the story. "The Pearl" is only boring to simple-minded. I had to read it in the 8th grade, and know, one year later, I realize it changed my whole perception of literature. Only "A Seperate Peace" has come close to the strength of Steinbeck's influence. I know find literature by Steinbeck and Hemingway, my favorite authors, irresistable.
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Summary: timeless, universal themes
Review: I read the foreword by john's widow,elaine, before reading the novel...this helps in getting into the author's heart and mind, through the eyes of someone who loves him deeply. The Pearl speaks true and is as relevant now as it was and as universal as there and here. In a country where pearl-fishing is a main industry, I can truly emphatize with Kino...each time a pearl fisher dives for pearls, he risks his life, yet he is the one who gets the least money in the deal. This book gives a different insight everytime it is read...I've read the book at several stages in my life...and still it always gives me certain surprises,especially on human nature...HURRAY for those readers who are truly perceptive and have realized the significant human experience drawn from this story. Notice how those who say this is a book worth reading, have the right words and can truly tell the feeling of this book!!! Right on!!
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Summary: This was a great book
Review: I really like this book. Thought that the characters were very real and the plot was excellent. I think very man, woman and child in this planet should read this book.
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