A review by ainiali
Stories From The Long Valley by John Steinbeck

4.0

3.9 stars

I feel bad for books that I read during my slump because for a book with only 122 pages, it took me almost a whole month to finish it. I break the rating for the short stories as follows:
1. The Raid: 2 stars. I dont know exactly what I was reading
2. Breakfast: 5 stars. This is just short & pure delight
3. The Murder: 4 stars. Gruesome in a way
4. Flight: 4 stars. Love the details and the fear of lonesomeness it evoke
5. The Leader of the People: 5 stars. This is closes to real life as it gets
6. The Snake: 4 stars. Another one that make me scared but not knowing what the source of the feeling
7. The Harness: 3 stars. I hate one line of the writing when the author introduced the couple.

Spoiler"Emma had no children." the singleness that the fault of not able to bare a child fall on to a woman, when it takes two to 'tango'. He should say that THEY had no children because Peter had no prior marriage and also had no children.

8. Molly Morgan: 3 stars. I gasped out loud reading this one. Yes, OUT LOUD!

I wont deny it, I love Steinbeck's writing. Would read more of his books soon!