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A review by aswygs
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
everyone dies
except poor poor tenente
I think it did a really good job embodying the experience of being a soldier for the allies in world war I
and the sense of endlessness and frustration
the first half was relatively slow, and a lot of war and injury and recovery
and when that boy goes back to the front lines HOLY SHIT it got crazy
I was unwell when the Italians retreated and he spent one more night in the mess reflecting on his friendships, esp rinaldi and the priest
normalize calling your best friend baby
and then the retreat journey was just bad all the way down
unwell again when they were shooting anybody in Italian uniforms assuming they were German spies
“Nothing happens to the brave. They die of course. But only once. The coward died a thousand deaths, the brave but one.”
and then the overnight rowboat to switzerland? wild. I was so nervous
I really wanted him to have a happy Swiss life with Catherine and a child but NO
this man only received despair
wife dies of childbirth on the literal last page
like goddamn
no wonder he had a drinking problem
except poor poor tenente
I think it did a really good job embodying the experience of being a soldier for the allies in world war I
and the sense of endlessness and frustration
the first half was relatively slow, and a lot of war and injury and recovery
and when that boy goes back to the front lines HOLY SHIT it got crazy
I was unwell when the Italians retreated and he spent one more night in the mess reflecting on his friendships, esp rinaldi and the priest
normalize calling your best friend baby
and then the retreat journey was just bad all the way down
unwell again when they were shooting anybody in Italian uniforms assuming they were German spies
“Nothing happens to the brave. They die of course. But only once. The coward died a thousand deaths, the brave but one.”
and then the overnight rowboat to switzerland? wild. I was so nervous
I really wanted him to have a happy Swiss life with Catherine and a child but NO
this man only received despair
wife dies of childbirth on the literal last page
like goddamn
no wonder he had a drinking problem