In general, I like Steinbeck's writing, despite the fact that it's super depressing. But this collection of four loosely-connected short stories just didn't work for me. They felt unnecessarily brutal without any real character growth. Jody is a little boy when we meet him, and still a little boy in the end, and I feel like he's basically the same little boy - and not a particularly likable one for me since he teases the dog when he's bored and ⬇
What did the rest of you think? Did you get something out of these⬇ 1mo