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Title: A good middle school read
Review: When I was in middle school, I read Steinbeck voraciously. I cried at the end of Of Mice And Men to the point of total embarrasement. I blinked hard at The Pearl and wanted a Red Pony. Little did I know, that ten years later I would pick up East of Eden and discover (to my shock!) that Steibeck, though a good story teller, was a terrible writer. Lord knows intelligent people will disagree with me on this one, but I found East of Eden to be trite, oversimplified, and downright silly at about every turn. I'm sorry to say that my Steinbeck days are now officially behind me.
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