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cj24's review against another edition
5.0
This was a surprisingly great book. A wonderful look into Hemingway’s love life by one of his friends. I’m really glad that his home in Key West is mentioned extensively because it is such a perfect place complete with lots of cats
leeeighv's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing, amazing, amazing! I wasn't always the biggest Hemingway fan (or a fan at all). Though, I am still learning about him and forming my own opinions--this book helped to lean me in Hem's favor.
I loved hearing about all these historic events straight from Hem's mouth. He talks a lot about the time while editing The Sun Also Rises and the aftermath of publication and the affect it had on his friendships. I read this after I finished Sun Also... and so it was super fascinating to hear more about it from Hem's POV and about the people that the characters were based on.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get to know Hem outside of his stories/novels.
I loved hearing about all these historic events straight from Hem's mouth. He talks a lot about the time while editing The Sun Also Rises and the aftermath of publication and the affect it had on his friendships. I read this after I finished Sun Also... and so it was super fascinating to hear more about it from Hem's POV and about the people that the characters were based on.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get to know Hem outside of his stories/novels.
suzanne_perez's review against another edition
3.0
Wow. Hemingway truly was the biggest douchbag in the world. :-P I enjoyed reading about his escapades from the perspective of his friend, "Hotch," and particularly liked the insight into EH's final weeks and months. I couldn't help thinking, though, that society's romanticized image of Hemingway as a hard-drinking, high-adventure "man's man" doesn't translate well into the 21st century and the #MeToo movement. This memoir did make me want to read (or re-read) a few of the short stories mentioned in it.
jfl's review against another edition
2.0
A.E. Hotchner, befriended by Hemingway in his youth in 1953, wrote a sympathetic memoir about his time with the writer titled Papa Hemingway. Hemingway in Love is the most recent of Hotchner’s contribution to the Hemingway myth. This latter, short work emerged from a 1961 session with Hemingway during the final stage of his life.
Subtitled “The untold Story”, in focuses on Hemingway’s first and second wives, concluding that Hadley was Hemingway’s only soulmate and the woman who formed the core of his fictional, female protagonists.
Hotchner adds some pieces to that view, but Hadley’s place in Hemingway’s life was well established before Hotchner’s telling.
Subtitled “The untold Story”, in focuses on Hemingway’s first and second wives, concluding that Hadley was Hemingway’s only soulmate and the woman who formed the core of his fictional, female protagonists.
Hotchner adds some pieces to that view, but Hadley’s place in Hemingway’s life was well established before Hotchner’s telling.
jmbz38's review against another edition
relaxing
slow-paced
1.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
marisabuller's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to this as an audiobook. The reader’s mispronunciation of French and Spanish words and place names was uncomfortable.
bookishbulletin's review against another edition
4.0
Hotchner, a good friend of Hemingway, meets him and the latter recounts his marriages to two women both of whom Ernest loved very much. Torn between his love for them, Hemingway greatly suffers in his heart. The book is beautifully written and has a very honest tone. It doesn't hide the negative parts of Hemingway in describing the kind of man he was in his prime. No effort is made to hide his arrogant nature.
I liked how Hotchner uses the technique of shifting narrative time and place throughout the memoir. The reading takes us from Paris and Venice to hot Cuba and the annals of Africa. Widely traveled and with many friends Hemingway loses it all toward the end of his days. The author beautifully captures the source of his great sadness and regret.
I'd rate it 4 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I liked how Hotchner uses the technique of shifting narrative time and place throughout the memoir. The reading takes us from Paris and Venice to hot Cuba and the annals of Africa. Widely traveled and with many friends Hemingway loses it all toward the end of his days. The author beautifully captures the source of his great sadness and regret.
I'd rate it 4 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
beckyisbookish's review against another edition
5.0
I adore Hemingway. I cried at the end when he spoke of his love for Hadley. 10/10 amazing book, amazing man. I'm at a loss of words. Hotchner is a saint for sharing his Papa with us.