I also recently read East of Eden. I personally didn't find any issues with pacing, though I was questioning a bit of the purpose of the POV chapters of Kathy's bouncer/bodyguard.
Otherwise, I found it really good, and absolutely see why this is considered one of the greatest american novels. I loved Samuel and Lee especially as characters, both huge wells of wisdom. I found it interesting how I initially disliked Caleb a lot, but as the boys grew I found him more and more, well, human. It might align with Aaron POVs stopping and Caleb POVs starting, my copy is back at library so I cannot make sure if this is the case. Kathy is an amazing villain/antagonist.
Only thing I was a bit weirded out was a couple spots of body descriptions of female characters, that felt more descriptive and detailed than the male counterparts.
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I also recently read East of Eden. I personally didn't find any issues with pacing, though I was questioning a bit of the purpose of the POV chapters of Kathy's bouncer/bodyguard.
Otherwise, I found it really good, and absolutely see why this is considered one of the greatest american novels. I loved Samuel and Lee especially as characters, both huge wells of wisdom. I found it interesting how I initially disliked Caleb a lot, but as the boys grew I found him more and more, well, human. It might align with Aaron POVs stopping and Caleb POVs starting, my copy is back at library so I cannot make sure if this is the case. Kathy is an amazing villain/antagonist.
Only thing I was a bit weirded out was a couple spots of body descriptions of female characters, that felt more descriptive and detailed than the male counterparts.