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# East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Finished: 6/29/2021

Rating: 4-\*

Would recommend: maybe

[Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden)

* Interesting to read.
* I expected more from it. It's supposed to be a masterpiece, but it didn't feel like it.
* I'm a bit sick of family sagas by now; it somehow happened that I read only them recently.
* The villain, Cathy, is too simple. She's revealed to be pure evil right away. It's silly how she reveals all her secrets immediately when she drinks. But I guess it's the biblical devil or something.
* It's the story of Cain and Abel, repeated. I get it.


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