I don't think Steinbeck wrote anything but classics. This story of a small bus station manned by Juan and his woman shows all foibles of human nature. ( )

Steinbeck is so great, that even a book like this one, which has very little plot, but is more a matter of watching ten characters interact with one another before and during a bus trip, keeps ones interest. For me, the lack of plot keeps it from being a five star book, but I'm glad I read it. It did make me think. ( )

"forty-two miles below san ysidro, on a great north-south highway in california, there is a crossroad which for eighty-odd years has been called rebel corners." ( )

The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck is basically about some ordinary people back in the late 1940s who are thrown together on a bus trip. The bus gets stuck on a muddy road in the middle of nowhere. There is not much Hollywood movie action or danger in this story, but you learn a lot about how people think and how they react in different situations. You also get a feel of what life was like back then. If you are young your fave character might be "Pimples" who is 17. ( )

It's been a long time since I read this; I do not remember the story or much of what it brought out in me, but I remember thinking at the end, "That was a good basic John Steinbeck book." And that's really about it; a good basic John Steinbeck book is as good as the best of most authors. ( )