"We kinda look after each other." 
 This book has the potential to make you cry your heart out for both its happy and sad moments. Yes, this is the story about Men and a little about Mice. Yet the lives of these two creatures are reflected in each other. Lennie, a real genuine kind-hearted man, loves mice and pups and rabbits. So he pets them. He is obsessed with the idea and the act of petting cute rodents and animals. And George - the caretaker, the guardian angel, the friend - is obsessed with petting Lennie. 
 Steinbeck creates characters that are either genuinely likable or outright filthy. Your heart goes all out for Lennie whenever he starts speaking. George, an extremely flawed character, is painfully real. Their bunch of friends are sympathetic. Curley, an idiotic evil. His wife, misunderstood and lovable. 
 A genuine classic work. A short read. A must read.