Of Mice and Men

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Summary: Short, but not Sweet
Review: I found the book to be boring. I only read the book because I was forced to by my English Teacher. The book is extremely vulgar. The reason I gave the book one star is because that is as low as I could give it. If you have to Read it, I suggest getting something like the Coles Notes. This book was awful.

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Summary: Good read for any age
Review: I read this book on vacation in Switzerland. My aunt bought it for me and I read it through that very same night. A hell of an involved book that makes demands of judgment on the reader. Interactive and engaging. Really questions your morals and "what you would have done."

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Summary: If you didn't like the pearl,you won't like this one
Review: Of Mice and Men had a good begining and a good plot. It would have been a better book if Steinbeck had made it longer and put more effort into it. When you read his books you get the feeling that he started out with this great idea, and then got bored so he just finished the book real quick.

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Summary: Very good book
Review: I thought that this book was very good. I enjoyed every page. Forget what some of the other readers said about the book having "no plot". Obviously, they don't know what a plot is!

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Summary: ~Must read!~
Review: This book is a excellent book that has alot of symbolism. There are many themes in this book, but one important theme was "The American Dream" and Love=Death. This book will relate to anyone, or almost everyone. :* )

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Summary: a great depiction of human nature, love life and learning.
Review: the message that the author relays in this novel is an excellent one. I read it only to find my self identifying to most of the characters.My only problem with the book is the fact that George feels he has no choice but to kill Lennie. I guess that that was the whole point of the book. Humanity is frail and lonley. This point is well expressed in the book.

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Summary: A beautiful and compelling novel
Review: An unforgettable, highly moving story with much to say about love, yearning, and loss. So powerful and affecting, it is a crime that some schools keep the book from teenagers who would undoubtedly find the story hugely important and compelling. The book is a subtle, but very powerful indictment of predjudice and mistreatment of the weak. For that reason alone,the book should be celebrated and taught regularly in our schools. A great classic.

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Summary: It was very sad I thought too see a friend turn on you
Review: It was a wicked book just very emotional it was great in the sense of friendship between too people. I would recommend the book to just about anyone.

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Summary: Steinbeck sucks you in a boy and spits you out a man.
Review: Of mice and Men is a grasping thriller that will bring you as close as family to a couple of hustlers working as barley buckers in the fields of Salinas, California to hopefully get enough money to get a ranch in which they can call their own. George, a down to earth guy with a rough outter impression and a sensitive inside traveling with Lennie, a huge man with the brain and heart of a child. You travel along with them as George tries to protect Lennie from reality and Lennie gets caught between his fantasy of tending rabbits and reality. As you will find though, George can not protect Lennie all the time and Lennie gets himself in trouble again, which will evenrually lead to a devestating ending in which George is forced to kill his dear partner who never meant bad to anyone.

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Summary: Awesome tale of two farming men.
Review: George Milton and Lennie Small are two on the road workers. Barely surviving off of less than minimum wage, they have a dream of owning their own farming ranch. Lennie being retarded, is protected by George, making them continuous "farm buddies". Then one day Lennie gets scared of a girl trying to seduce him, and accidentally kills her. Lennie runs away with a search party after him. Written by John Steinbeck in 1937 it is widely honored around the country!