Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wow this was hella depressing.
It took way too long for me to get around to reading this classic, and I'm so happy I can now be a tortured soul like everybody else.
This tells the story of wandering ranch hands George, his dim-witted friend, Lennie, and the bond between them.
They end up on a ranch with a bunch of colourful characters and the interactions between the group tell a lot of (mostly ugly) things about society at the time.
I found the writing easy enough to follow, despite a lot of older slang terms. The story was easy enough to get caught up in, despite being a setting that doesn't generally interest me.
Like all good stories, I wanted more. I wanted there to be more to tell. That said, I know this was the perfect length for the story.
The themes might make this a tough read for some, but it's well worth the time and effort - particularly as it's only a couple hundred pages.
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