“Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process, a new factor enters and takes over. A trip, a safari, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.” Loved this book 📖
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panIn 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 ⬇
Can‘t wait for the #RandomClassics discussion on this one. Just finished it and I am dazed and confused. 🥴 Hoping my fellow Littens can enlighten me!
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pickI‘ve read a few Steinbeck through the years, but not this. Now I‘m ready for the #RandomClassic discussion later this month.
I really enjoyed this short story and have kept the collection of Steinbeck stories this appears in. May be time for a reread!
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