Marian H | East of Eden - My Unfiltered Thoughts @marianhreads | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
As promised, here is my review of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, one of the most celebrated novels in American literature. In Steinbeck's words - "It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years." I doubt this very much... I have reason to believe his shorter works are the superior ones. Still, I managed to finish this 600-page tome, in hopes that any criticisms I offer will at least be from the perspective of one who completed it. I seriously considered withholding my review, due to the enormous love there is for this book, but I feel it is better for booktube's (and one's own) integrity to be sincere than to be in step with majority views.
CORRECTION: Adam and Charles are half-brothers, and Charles is the younger one. However, they are both raised by the second Mrs Trask.
00:00 Expectation
03:18 Reality
05:00 The Story
09:40 Some Positives
14:11 Plot Structure
17:07 Cathy de Vil
24:05 Timshel
32:43 Aron and the Ending
40:05 Conclusion
youtube.com/watch?v=kAMFGvT9DAo
"The Prototype for Cathy" by Susan Shillinglaw - oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/the-women-in-east-of-eden-focus-on-cathy/all
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As promised, here is my review of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, one of the most celebrated novels in American literature. In Steinbeck's words - "It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years." I doubt this very much... I have reason to believe his shorter works are the superior ones. Still, I managed to finish this 600-page tome, in hopes that any criticisms I offer will at least be from the perspective of one who completed it. I seriously considered withholding my review, due to the enormous love there is for this book, but I feel it is better for booktube's (and one's own) integrity to be sincere than to be in step with majority views.
CORRECTION: Adam and Charles are half-brothers, and Charles is the younger one. However, they are both raised by the second Mrs Trask.
00:00 Expectation
03:18 Reality
05:00 The Story
09:40 Some Positives
14:11 Plot Structure
17:07 Cathy de Vil
24:05 Timshel
32:43 Aron and the Ending
40:05 Conclusion
youtube.com/watch?v=kAMFGvT9DAo
"The Prototype for Cathy" by Susan Shillinglaw - oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/the-women-in-east-of-eden-focus-on-cathy/all
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BLOG: classicsconsidered.com
GOODREADS: goodreads.com/classicsconsidered
BOOK LIST: throne.me/u/classicsconsidered
