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mortfungus's review against another edition
4.0
A very macho book, rum soaked smugglers aren't hard to find, a good read for sure
wells140's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't a big fan of the story or characters. Otherwise, prose was fine. I don't know if I'll read more Hemingway, this happened to be the first of his books I picked up.
jacobstraub's review against another edition
3.0
An easy read, but trying to connect the underlying ideas can prove difficult.
ameliereading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
danchrist's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is a darkly fatalistic story of Harry Morgan and his inevitably tragic ending. You see it coming and can't turn away like the gawkers on the pier as the boat is towed into the Coast Guard pier in the penultimate scene.
Yes, there are love stories here as well, but they're more window dressing to the terrible tolls the characters exact on one another and themselves. Rambling, rambunctious, and a roller coaster ride of narrative and character, I got a strong sense of Hemingway reaching for something which, knowing his fascination with Joyce and his "Ulysses" seemed to come close to a worthy tribute to the great novel especially in the closing chapters.
It's an uneven mishmash of a novel, but one which I'm glad I finally came to after reading "The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" earlier this year.
Yes, there are love stories here as well, but they're more window dressing to the terrible tolls the characters exact on one another and themselves. Rambling, rambunctious, and a roller coaster ride of narrative and character, I got a strong sense of Hemingway reaching for something which, knowing his fascination with Joyce and his "Ulysses" seemed to come close to a worthy tribute to the great novel especially in the closing chapters.
It's an uneven mishmash of a novel, but one which I'm glad I finally came to after reading "The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" earlier this year.
krystofsubr's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
carmenere's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed the storyline involving charter fisherman, Harry Morgan, but towards the middle of the story Hemingway puts him aside and instead concentrates on the tourists of Key West. Harry Morgan returns but by then the magic is gone.