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A review by lilliangrey
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
adventurous
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Good Lord, I cannot stand Hemingway.
Many war-stories I have heard, but I have never been more bored with a book in my entire life. Perhaps I need to read this again sometime in the distant future, because I really am at a loss of words to entail how viserally mind-numbing this book was. Maybe I am just far too madly in love with poetic writing but Hemingway's style is just something I could never get behind. It was so pretentious, almost, as if he was trying to show off how innovative of a writer he is. Such a loss of interest, such a waste of time. Maybe, as this was one of his earlier books, his writing improves (God, I sure hope it does).
So sorry to any Hemingway lovers out there, but I struggle to see the appeal.
Many war-stories I have heard, but I have never been more bored with a book in my entire life. Perhaps I need to read this again sometime in the distant future, because I really am at a loss of words to entail how viserally mind-numbing this book was. Maybe I am just far too madly in love with poetic writing but Hemingway's style is just something I could never get behind. It was so pretentious, almost, as if he was trying to show off how innovative of a writer he is. Such a loss of interest, such a waste of time. Maybe, as this was one of his earlier books, his writing improves (God, I sure hope it does).
So sorry to any Hemingway lovers out there, but I struggle to see the appeal.