/lit/ - Literature

holy shit

Is it really any good? Is Steinbeck any good (aside from his meme books, of course)

>those evil indians lived like savages, hunting, gathering and relaxing all day as a happy community instead of farming and exhausting natural resources
>thankfully, the white man brought menial jobs, currency, black people, brothels, jewish merchants and decadency to the land

this is proto-post-ironic right?

Someone recommended this book. What do you guys think about it?

I just finished reading this book. What'd I think of it?

I’ve only recently started reading, and this is the best book I’ve ever read. What books could you recommend with a simularly enthralling story?

Holy shit this book is boring

Just finished pic related. One of the comfiest books I've ever read. Can anyone recommend books with a similar feel? Thanks frens

What can I expect to learn from this book?

So where did Cyrus get the money?

Holy shit.

Why do people say this is Steinbeck's worst work?

>absolute and utter kino for the first half
>very decent third quarter
>last quarter is rushed and abrupt
has anyone who has written any sort of story notice themselves burn out and just want to finish for the sake of fnishing? Is that why so many works follow this Start Great End Shit formula?

What American classics do you think are overrated, and which ones do you think are deserving of the hype?

getting back into reading since I have nothing else to do and just finished this. It was a nice story but it was kind of underwhelming, there weren't really many truly emotional moments for me. Plus the narrator of half of the book doesn't even have his own life fleshed out. Like what relation did Samuel's grandson even have to the Trask family so that he is able to recount their entire history? It just seemed like a weird choice of how to tell a significant part of the story

Idk, it ain't really grabbing me like The Grapes of Wrath.
>do i stick with it bros?

MONSTER, HOW SHOULD I FEEL?
CREATURES LIE HERE, LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS

what am I in for?

What did you guys think of this book?

>finish pic related
>wow
>go to r/books
>"Just finished East of Eden. The characters were so real and made me keep moving in the story. I thought it would be boring but Steinbecks writing really hooked me! I'm just at a loss for words.
>"Timshel!"

Is that all this books good for?

Anyone know a book similar to East of Eden? I have started Grapes of Wrath but I don't think this is quite the same thing, any of Steinbeck's other novels closer?

To make clear what I liked, the multigenerational thing, the time period/setting, the mixture of lower class and slightly more prosperous type people, characters/psychology, and the religious themes.