Fin Patt

Hi I'm a 9th grade student, so don't expect me to be smart with this or anything and say "Ohh the metaphors are so meaningful" no. I don't really care. I like metaphors, but to an extent. This book is past this extent. This book physically makes me cringe. There are so many things wrong with it... I know this was written way back when, but it is straight up garbage. I'm in honors English, so this is coming from somebody who reads for fun. This was not my fun. This was my torture. I had to read it for school because my principal thought it would be an amazing idea to assign 3 books to read over the summer. I'm not going to lie, I kind of had to skim most of the chapters. This book is way too long. Eugh it's straight up awful. The author explains EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION said by the characters, even those definitely not needed because UGHHHH it's so boring and inappropriate for like anyone below the age of 38. He describes a hill for 3 consecutive pages. WAYYY to many like racial slurs and curse words. I honestly dunno what the characters are even saying bc they're like " I Habe a cou'ntrey ac'nt so I sound l'ke this." Like??? What??? I have a country accent, I do not sound anywhere close to this. It's kinna rude, like acting like we're stupid. I cannot express how frustrating this is. You may be asking yourself, why would this random kid go make a review on Google?? Well because this book is the worst book I've ever read, it's worse than the good earth, which is also bad, but at least it was 10000000% more interesting that the grapes of wrath. Read it instead. Actually, go look at some picture books, I wish I could read picture books in school. I have a quiz on it. Nobody actually read the book, so I might be totally dead, but I have no idea, maybe it's easy. If you have a quiz, don't even bother listening to the audiobook, it's 16 hours long. I'm sorry I just can't do it. Go listen to your favorite song or get in contact with an old relative, just don't read this. There was one chapter entirely about a turtle. Worst thing I've ever read. It was 9 pages long. He just kept getting hit with a car. "But, it symbolizes the constant struggle of human lif-" I DONT CARE ITS THE WORST THING EVER. the print is so small that it took me 10 minutes to read 3 pages. I needed to reread it after that, because the whole chapter was a metaphor that went way over my head. The only real one in this book is Ma Joad. Everyone else sucks. Also the ending is absolutely horrific. Look it up, but God, it's awful.... Anyways Sorry for the long review. In summary, this book sucks. Don't read it. Read a very detailed summary for all I care. That's literally what I'm going to do. Idk just type it into chat gpt or something. Go touch grass, or read a different book, practice your hobby, listen to music, pet your dog, hug your parents, just don't read this book. Thanks love Have an amazing day and remember how lovely everything is. Don't read this.