Have I read this before: I think I tried to read it in junior high, but didn’t get very far.

Review: Have you conformed to the standards of middle-class living? Then you, my friend, are a Babbitt! Lewis does a great job of expressing a pestering suffocation that goes along with living the supposed “American Dream” that, for Babbitt, really just consists of sleepwalking through life, work, and societal pressures. It’s quite depressing, of course, but also unsurprisingly still relatable even today. I remember a lot of my friends had very high ambitions in high school/college, but the majority of them now (at least from what I can tell) are really just…existing in a very confined societal role. It’s sad.

Favorite Part: There’s nothing that stood out to me, but that was sort of the point. Babbitt exists in monotony and, though he considers it, cannot escape but praises those who do.

Rating: 6/10