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I've been eyeing this one for years, but I'm afraid I won't like it. My literary preferences are such that most of you would laugh and call me a pleb. Basically I read a lot of mainstream stuff, fluff that doesn't require too much thinking. Probably the most difficult book I've read this year has been The Man in the High Castle.

So with that said, is this something a lowly idiot like myself will find enjoyment in? Is it worth finding out for myself one way or the other?

>> No.6896686

>>6896673

Go for it, OP. If you're willing to take some quiet time every day for a bit, to relax, to open yourself up to the book, you'll have no problems enjoying this even if you are inexperienced with literary fiction.

>> No.6896779

>>6896673
Yeah you'll probably end up enjoying it. I read it my sophomore year of high school and I loved it.

>> No.6896781

Don't make this your first Steinbeck book.

Start with Of Mice and Men and then read this or Grapes of Wrath

>> No.6897024

Thanks all. I'll probably give it a shot next.

>> No.6897038

Steinbecks a great author don't listen to /lit/

hes no Pychon or Joyce but hes comfy af, I'd also reccomend some of his lesser known works such as The Moon is Down and The Wayward Bus

they're all comfy and the pages turn quick

>> No.6897056

>>6896673
The book isn't difficult at all, but it only gets enjoyable when the introduce the Asian guy.

>> No.6897227

>>6896673
But dear OP, Steinbeck is fluff too.

>> No.6897249

>>6896673
Somebody recently watched the adaption of it.

>> No.6898495

>>6896781
He wants to read the book, not the author

>> No.6898514

>>6896673
Steinbeck is one of my favorites. Soaring high-flying mccarthy-esque shit sandwiched between folksy dialogue and chill prose.

>> No.6898956

>>6896673
it reads like a soap opera tbh you should be fine

>> No.6898962

>>6896673
it's not a book that will particularly challenge you, no real deviations of structure or really hard to understand sections (iirc, correct me if i'm wrong)
its just a really really enjoyable and comfy book