Of Mice and Men

Two young men, drifters with no home of their own, travel around from place to place doing whatever work they can be hired to do after the Great Depression. Simple-minded Lennie depends on his friend George's protection, and George keeps repeating to Lennie what to be careful of and to not get into trouble. Making their way to California, they find farm work and settle in. Although Lennie is a very hard worker, he is bullied because he is big and childlike, and soon his simple-mindedness and strength get him into trouble.
This story is about friendship, hardship, tragedy, and disappointment. A good read.

I started Of Mice and Men with caution because I assumed I wouldn't understand a thing because of a preconceived notion that this serious literature might be difficult to read and/or understand. But once I was past Susan Shillinglaw's introduction (to this edition), I breezed past it. Such a magnificent and free-flowing novel (or playable novel as Steinbeck would call it) about companionship, California of the 1930s just after the Great Depression and on the heels of the Second World War, the working class struggles, and more importantly, the struggle to get employment (making it relevant still), I am an instant Steinbeck fan. A remarkable book with an even more remarkable ending. TN.

Steinbeck is one of my all-time favorite authors and this small but major work is a wonderful introduction to Steinbeck. Read in high school and reread when each of my kids read in high school.

How to rip your heart off.

How to rip your heart off.

Mildly interesting book. I love Steinbeck when it comes to the classics. I preferred Grapes of Wrath over this one. I've also read "Cannery Row" which I'd also rate a 3.

Ignorance seperates itself from bliss, only to be harmoniously reunited at the very end.

I absolutely loved this book! I nearly cried at the end!!!

Well written and interesting but very depressing...

I read this book at school for GCSE so now I know it back to front and even the word of the title makes me cringe. But before, when I read it for the first time, I was captured by the depth of American history and the relationships involved.
Read it, if you want a short story then this will be great.

Likable characters, entertaining story.

really hated this book, not a fan, struggled through to the end tho :(