Penguin, Viking Penguin
Of Mice and Men
Heartbreaking
Tragic
Depressing

Of Mice and Men

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Manahel Imran@mana98
4 stars
Feb 17, 2025

This story is very well written. The character development done by the author is amazing. The themes of loneliness, ambition and nature of a dream are well portrayed. The ending made me bawl my eyes out 😭

+1
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Annie Millman@anniemillman
2 stars
Jan 31, 2025

Read this bc I am trying to read every book in my apartment. Didn't love

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Patricia K@thepoemzone

personal collection, bought from greenlight bookstore fort greene

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pamela enojas@pam_1109
4 stars
Jul 23, 2024

;-;

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ayoni@ayoni
3 stars
Jul 21, 2024

damn..

+3
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Ada@adasel
5 stars
Jul 16, 2024

I absolutely adored this book. I did cry at the end though. WHY LENNIE WHY? I loved the plot and the impossibility of the dream and the characters and how LENNIE MEANT NO HARM. It is safe to say I was bawling at the end of the book. This is one of the few classics that I loved.

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Anna @ann_omalia
4 stars
Jul 13, 2024

wouldn't mind it being longer!

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Chloé@misslola44
2 stars
Apr 30, 2024

like most read this in school. its probably good but everytime i think of it i just think, "MAYBE CURLYS WIFE IS WEARING RED CAUSE SHE LIKED THE FUCKING COLOUR"🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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nikki@zhailatte
5 stars
Mar 31, 2024

I decided to read this again for the last day of March! “Of Mice and Men” is very close to my heart. 4 years ago, I picked this book up, not knowing anything about the author and the story itself. But what I also didn’t know at the time is that this is THE book that will make me get back into reading again, plus, it’s the first classic I have ever read (as I know of).

I love this book no matter what anyone says and for that, I reread it whenever I can. It’s short, but dark, with themes of the American dream, race, and the working class. In my opinion, it’s definitely not one of those books that you can speed through. I recommend that you take your time to contemplate exactly what the author was thinking.

To this day, I think about Lennie and George’s friendship (and cry about them).

+3
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Rahmat Junaid@rahmat
5 stars
Mar 20, 2024

We had to read it in class together.

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Syasya Diyana @cicocess
3.5 stars
Feb 10, 2024

to have a piece of home within you; to have mice friends and pup friends and for it all to be taken away because caring and loving is the hardest job and a goddamn chore to some.

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Chaitanya Baranwal@chaitanyabaranwal
4 stars
Feb 10, 2024

This novella is heartbreaking, all right. What really struck me is not any exquisite writing, but the fear of impending doom that urged me to read more. Before dark things actually happened, I could get a sense of it, a tingling in the back of my neck. I had to move forward, to confirm what I knew was going to be true. Yes, it's depressing and heartbreaking. But in the end, mixed with a sense of emptiness, is a feeling of relief that the ending was better than it could have been.

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rhegan🧋@rheganj
3 stars
Jan 30, 2024

** spoiler alert ** wait lennie 💔💔💔

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Jessica Biwang@jec
5 stars
Jan 28, 2024

I first read this novel when I was in high school, then re-read it again now. I realized that this novel has so much violence for us to read in high school, when we were underage. Our teacher did not even give us a heads up about the content. But nevertheless, this novel is gut wrenching and depressing. Just like that, you lost your friend because you chose to pull the trigger.

+4
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Belle@princess24
4 stars
Jan 8, 2024

** spoiler alert ** I read this for school. I wasn’t too into it but it was a fun read. really sad abt Lennie’s death🥲 had to scream for a good hour. 3.5⭐️

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George@tlxy
4 stars
Jan 8, 2024

re-reading it after hs and it's still as good as I remember it being

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kiwi@kiwwi
4 stars
Jan 7, 2024

I.. did not expect this book to make me so emotional! Short/fun story with amazing ending

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<3@wiko
1.5 stars
Jan 5, 2024

I really wanted to love this book, but i just couldn't. I get the idea and message, but just something about the book didnt make me emotional or invested in the story. Story is great just not my cup of tea.

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Emiley Jones@emileyjones
2 stars
Dec 1, 2023

Sometimes I feel self-conscious about the amount of classics I have yet to read. But this one didn’t exactly encourage me to whittle away at the list.

+2
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Jaden Nelson@unojaden
3 stars
Nov 30, 2023

Read with class for Johnson's 10th grade English-I love Steinbeck's books and this was no exception. It had most of the elements that I like in his book, but I think I would have liked it more if it this very short book hadn't been so dragged out/over analyzed. Great little novella.

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Valentina@v9
2 stars
Nov 27, 2023

Honestly, what the f was that? I didn’t have any clue on how this book was going to end but this was for sure NOT the ending I wanted.

+3
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Meagan Fischer @mstypharatfinklatifolia
5 stars
Nov 18, 2023

A classic for a reason, and accessible from a young age for precocious readers.

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Sierra@sisihope101
4 stars
Oct 17, 2023

who knew 100 pages could be so heartbreaking

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m ita@luv4mahi
2 stars
Aug 31, 2023

not my typa book

Highlights

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nikki@zhailatte
  • I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

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Alberto Mariani@calbertom94

"Forse adesso lo puoi capire," disse Crooks affabilmente. "Tu hai George. Lo sai che tornerà. Ma supponi di non avere nessuno; supponi che non potevi andare nel dormitorio a giocare a carte perché sei nero. Come la prenderesti? Supponi di dovertene stare qui a leggere libri. Certo, finché non fa buio puoi giocare a ferro di cavallo, ma dopo devi leggere dei libri. I libri non servono a niente. Un uomo ha bisogno... di qualcuno vicino," gemette. "Un uomo diventa pazzo se non ha nessuno. Non importa chi è, da quanto è con lui. Te lo dico io," esclamò, "te lo dico io che a rimanere troppo soli si finisce con l'impazzire."

"George tornerà," disse Lennie per rassicurarsi, ma con la voce impaurita. "Magari George è già tornato. Forse è meglio se vado a vedere."

"Non volevo spaventarti," disse Crooks. "Tornerà. Stavo parlando di me. Uno se ne sta da solo la notte, magari a legger libri o a pensare o roba così. Qualche volta si mette a pensare, e non è in grado di dirsi se una cosa è così e quell'altra no. E se per caso vede qualche cosa, non sa se è vera o falsa. Non può girarsi verso un compare e chiedergli se la vede anche lui, non può saperlo; non ha niente per regolarsi. Ho visto delle cose qua, e non ero ubriaco. Non so se dormivo. Se c'era qualcuno con me, poteva dirmi se dormivo, e allora tornava tutto: ma io non lo so."

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clara@sophierosenfeld

Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em.

(The mouse, powerless against Lennie’s strength, represents the lack of control one has over life’s circumstances. Hence the dead mice represent the shattered dreams)

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clara@sophierosenfeld

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

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clara@sophierosenfeld

Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

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