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Stefan Van stefanvan0904 — I found this book to be an excellent read, but I find myself troubled in trying to review it. I found the story somewhat disjointed. By that I mean I didn’t see a beginning, middle, or an ending. It’s almost like a collection of short stories most being relevant to life on Cannery Row. Imagine an anthropologist traveling from the future back in time, stopping to observe life on Cannery Row, studying a group of people whose only commonality to each other is that of living and working on Cannery Row. He observes these peoples activities without knowing their personal details. He knows nothing about their parents, their childhood, and their education. He’s simply observing life and actions for a limited time period. Two notable exceptions occur to this static observation one when Mack and the boys take up the task of gathering frogs for Doc to purchase. Now this trip has little to do with life on Cannery Row, other than the boys trying to secure funding for a party that does occur on the Row. Their trip touches on what I feel is one of the themes of the book and that is loneliness. When Mack and the boys come into contact with a farmer and his dog, it does not take much effort on Mack’s part to talk themselves into the farmer’s good graces. During the visit the farmer relates his loneliness by tell the boys that his wife is a politician and is rarely at home. I noticed that loneliness was expressed several times in this book including a description of a hard working gopher (that’s right a gopher) who has everything needed for a successful life except a mate. The other trip that takes us away from Cannery Row is Doc’s trip to La Jolla. It’s there that he knows of a special tide pool that will allow him to find the Octopi that he needs to fill a customer’s order. Doc owns the Western Biological a supplier of animals for research and other study. During this trip we learn some additional information about Doc. Doc starts his trip alone and when he gets bored he picks up a hitchhiker. When this hitchhiker becomes bothersome we get our first peek at Doc’s temper and learn that he is no stranger to violence if violence is required. During Doc’s visit at the tide pool he finds the body of a dead woman. This is another theme that is common in this book here we are presented with our third death. This one is different than the first two in that we don’t know how this woman died. We are presented with the body of a woman that even in death Doc describes as being incredibly beautiful. This puzzles me. Death can rarely if ever be described as beautiful. A planned first party to honor Doc ends in disaster. After a while another party is planned for Doc, this one will be for his birthday. This party is supposed to be a surprise for Doc, but as more and more Cannery Row residence get involved Doc learns of the party. Doc decides to act surprised but takes the precaution of party proofing his house by moving his valuables and breakables to safe areas. He also stocks up on food for the party knowing that no one will think to bring any (he was right). The party is a great success people get drunk, they eat, and they dance, and they fight. Windows and doors are broken and a good time is had by all. The next day we find Doc waking up alone. He mildly surveys the damage and starts to clean up, alone. At the end of the day our story ends with Doc sitting on his bed listening to music, alone. Steinbeck gives Cannery Row with it’s surrounding sights and sounds a vivid description. You feel that you are looking at a picture instead of reading words. Steinbeck then fills Cannery Row with a host of intriguing characters possessing all manner of human qualities. Mack and the boys are a rough group. They drink too much and work too little, yet exhaust themselves caring for a sick puppy. Dora is described as a heavy set, orange haired, tough minded business woman, who owns the local house of ill repute. Her tough exterior can’t hide some people knowing that it’s her who quietly provides help to the sick and hungry. Lee Chong owns the local grocery and like Dora puts up the rough front of the tough business man, but he too is a sucker for a hard luck story and gives credit to patrons who may never pay it back. These characters are all lower class working poor who all seem to possess the third theme of the story and that is compassion. So here I am at the end and as I said at the beginning I am at a loss as to how to properly describe and review this book. If the author simply wanted to tell a good story he succeeded. I enjoyed every minute of my time reading this book. If the authors goal was to make his reader think about hidden symbolism and the human condition again he succeeded. I may have missed it but I'm thinking.

Caylyn Dabney cdabne2061fc — 4.5 stars. My sister really liked this book, and mentioned it several times, so I finally picked it up from my too large stack of library books and started it. I read it in two sittings within twenty-four hours. So, yeah, I liked it too. :) The voice was different from most YA paranormals, more unique. It actually took a long time for the main character, Jessica, to discover the truth (re: Werewolves exist! Eek!)--it was in the last maybe quarter of the book, so in that aspect it was kind of slow moving, but the story was fast paced and kept me wanting to know what was going to happen next. Jessica's penchant for vampire novels was funny, especially when it seemed like everyone around her was reading classics and only classics. Sigh. The ending was rather cliffhangery, and from what I understand the second book in the series is worse. I'm developing a great respect for authors who can end a book in a series with closure, wrapping up the book's storyline, but still leave the reader wanting more.