A review by jjbarnes
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

4.0

this was truly wonderful. the beginning of the book is a little slow and it takes a while to get into, but once you do it’s an absolute blast. hemingway does a very good job painting a picture of the struggling writer in paris and he captures paris, as it was at that time in a lovely way. he manages to show the dirty, poor, and ugly, without taking anything away from the beauty of paris. the second part of the book is what i thoroughly enjoyed. he goes on to describe his acquaintances with all the famous writers of his time and it makes for a really interesting reading experience. my absolute favourite part was when he was talking about his friendship with f scott fitzgerald, particularly

Spoiler

him being insecure about his dick size and hemingway assuring him that it was perfectly satisfactory.

truly a one of a kind reading experience that i think everyone should have in their lives. l