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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
"You know how it is there early in the morning in Havana with the bums still asleep against the walls of the buildings; before even the ice wagons come by with ice for the bars? Well, we came across the square from the dock to the Pearl of San Francisco Cafe to get coffee and there was only one beggar awake in the square and he was getting a drink out of the fountain. But when we got inside the cafe and sat down, there were the three of them waiting for us."
"I ain't no radical," he said. "I'm sore. I been sore a long time."
"A large white yacht was coming into the harbor and seven miles out on the horizon you cuold see a tanker, small and neat in profile against the blue sea, hugging the reef as she made to the westward to keep from wasting fuel against the stream"
"I ain't no radical," he said. "I'm sore. I been sore a long time."
"A large white yacht was coming into the harbor and seven miles out on the horizon you cuold see a tanker, small and neat in profile against the blue sea, hugging the reef as she made to the westward to keep from wasting fuel against the stream"
Yazara başladığım ilk kitaptı ve çok yanlış bir seçim olduğunun farkına vardım. İstikrarlı bir hikaye anlatımına sahip değildi- sanırım en büyük eleştirim bu. Herhangi bir arkaplana sahip olmayan yan karakterlerin hikayeleri sadece kafamı karıştırdı. Özellikle kitabın sonlarına doğru olanlar beni iyice ana konudan kopardı. Harry Morgan ile başladığımız ve onun durumunun ne olduğunu merak ettiğimiz halde sayfalarca başka alakasız karakterlerin hayatlarına tanık oluyoruz, anlam veremedim. Hikayeyi karmaşıklaştırmak dışında bir katkıları olmamış. Yazarın diyalog yazımı hep buradaki şekilde mi bilmiyorum ama hiç hoşuma gitmedi. Kim neyi diyor anlamak gerçekten zordu. Dönemi hesaba katarak kitapta geçen ırkçı söylemleri anlayabilirim fakat yine de abartı geldi. Bunların Hemingway’in gerçekçi yazarlığından değil ırkçılığından kaynaklandığını varsayıyorum. Kadınları yazma biçimine değinmeye değer mi emin değilim. Hayalindeki kocasına hayran kadını Marie Morgan’a uyarlamış gibi hissettim. Kitaptaki diğer kadın karakterler de tuhaftı. Bir erkeğin yazdığını iliklerinize kadar hissettiğiniz bir kitap. Yine de yazarın diğer kitaplarına bir şans vermek istiyorum. Kendisine dair tam fikrimi birkaç eserini daha okuduktan sonra belirleyeceğim.
Whatever cover people might try to lay down for it, the racism and sexism is really bad. It ruins what (very inconsistent) good writing there might be in the book.
A five and half hour quick listen, as we booked an anniversary weekend at Key West in six weeks.
This novel didn't resonate with me, although some genuine moments occur throughout. The narrative is disjointed, weirdly complicated and scattered with relationships between characters that are never fully explained. One of the weakest stories in the Hemingway oeuvre.
A strong start with interesting character development of the ‘main character’. Sadly, this soon meanders into secondary and tertiary characters for no discernible reason.
To be angry or not to be? This is a book that fails to live up to its full potential. I can deal with racist language if it's integral to the historical and cultural significance of the book. This isn't the case with To Have and Have Not. The plot could have easily taken place elsewhere and I can appreciate the xenophobic and socially "tough" environment without reading the n-word 135 times (as counted by one reviewer). I can deal with violence if it shows me the vulnerability of characters. This isn't the case with Harry Morgan. He's an amoralist who doesn't care one iota about the consequences of his actions and what he does isn't violence but banality (of evil). Any mediocre attempts to humanise him -- e.g., illegally smuggling in the name of supporting a one-dimensional family -- become painfully shallow and are a far cry from our sympathy. I can deal with experimentation if it has the courage to blend genres as if they're mere empty categories. This isn't the case with Hemingway's writing. The stories are barely hanging (together) and are meaninglessly meandering such that he fails to even deliver one of his key messages: life goes on whether we like it or not, during our life and after our death.
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
This isn't the best of Hemingway, but it's certainly better than what others have written about it. The first thing to note, something I knew going in, is that the book is completely different than the movie. With that said, it's fascinating to see how the book was adapted to the screen.
In typical fashion, Hemingway's hero, Harry Morgan, follows the model of his other protagonists - manly, tough, but with a soft heart and a noble spirit. Similar to Islands in the Stream, though not as distinct, it's written in three separate parts: Harry, the avenging angel; Harry, the doomed entrepreneur; Harry, the self-destructive desperado.
Well-written in Hemingway's iconic style, the action flows freely, the dialog is as real as it gets and in the end, you really get the sense of where Papa's head was at when he wrote this piece.
In typical fashion, Hemingway's hero, Harry Morgan, follows the model of his other protagonists - manly, tough, but with a soft heart and a noble spirit. Similar to Islands in the Stream, though not as distinct, it's written in three separate parts: Harry, the avenging angel; Harry, the doomed entrepreneur; Harry, the self-destructive desperado.
Well-written in Hemingway's iconic style, the action flows freely, the dialog is as real as it gets and in the end, you really get the sense of where Papa's head was at when he wrote this piece.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very quick read. Lots of characters and quite a bit of violence and racial slurs (as a warning if you are offended by this type of content).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts