East of Eden
I mostly endorse the below referenced 2 star review, but still like the book because of a lot of decent ideas and "character analysis"/"philosophizing".http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/554604060A couple of excerpts from the review:"I am giving this book two stars because there are interesting ideas and some tremendous lines, but the message is oversimplified and hammered into us. ""Readers who are not drawn to character analysis and philosophizing should not choose this book."