East of Eden, just wow (sorry I know)
This was my second Steinbeck novel, after reading and really enjoying Of Mice and Men I decided to pick this up.
This is without a doubt my favorite book I’ve ever read. Every page so beautifully written. Every character so fleshed out and interesting. So much beauty and tragedy.
Obviously I knew the Cain and Abel references would be all over the place, and towards the end I kept trying to guess how the book would end. What would be the great Cain and Abel moment, and none of it went how I expected.
This book felt like such a journey. I felt like I got to know so many amazing people and watch their lives unfold in a beautiful way that impacted me tremendously.
I saw myself in Adam, stuck in a bottomless pit of despair. I looked up to Samuel Hamilton, and took his advice to heart. I saw a little of myself in Cal, and grew to love Cal by the end while I was fully expecting everything to go wrong for him. I adore Lee and want to spend every minute I can talking to him about life. Even he got a beautiful and important ending with Abra.
And the absolutely perfect ending. Soul crushing but also so filled with hope and promise.
I’m sure I sound corny but this book will stick with me for a while. I enjoyed every second of it. Now to figure out which Steinbeck I read next. What’s something that you really took from this story?
by SupremeActives