Reviews

To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck

croyalbird13's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

3.0

gav_ferreira's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

ganiara's review against another edition

3.0

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flahri's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

marbokm's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

5.0

My jaw was on the FLOOR 

thewestoworks's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

dale_kooyenga's review against another edition

5.0

I love Steinbeck and this book didn’t disappoint. My favorite Novel of his is East of Eden and this book has a similar setting in the California valley and a similar darkness and life inherent in certain characters.

Steinbeck is the champion of creating distinct characters that come to life. In a paragraph he can create a character and the character comes to life. For this reason he is able to have stories with multiple characters and the reader isn’t confused.

As luck would have it I had to travel through CA valleys the day after completing this book. Steinbeck’s descriptive setting of both the good times and bad times in this valley manifest themselves even today.

stuti_is_dumb's review

4.5

love this man's writing. cried when elizabeth died. joseph is so rel and most importantly, fuck burton

shandidit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

librarypatron's review against another edition

3.0

I still love Steinbeck, but this was probably my least favorite of his books.