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Worthy of a Nobel Prize... I Think Not

by Jeff A

8 years ago

This book has got to be the worst piece of literature I have ever read. It had all the elements of a great novel but it somehow did not turn out. First of all, the plot was flat; there was hardly a climax at all. Secondly, I could not connect to the characters. I didn’t care what happened to Tom Joad and his family; they could have all died and I wouldn’t have cared. And lastly, the ending (if you can call it that) is so unfulfilling. After over 400 pages of torture, all you end up with is a chapter that doesn’t constitute as an ending. Also, should reading a book make you angry, when nothing is happening in the book to make you angry? Every time I picked up this book, I just became more and more angry at how overwhelmingly awful this book was. Although there must be something admirable about this, I can’t see it, and hold no respect for a novel of this low calibre. I’m just sorry that I can’t give it the rating it deserves: a zero