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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
Inconsistent (underdeveloped?) characters go through world war I. The story is told from the point of view of a soldier, and while the action scenes are engrossing, the rest is bland and almost numb. And I don't think that's deliberate. Maybe I should just admit that I don't "get" Hemingway and call it a day.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked this so much more than The Sun Also Rises.
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
picked this up at second-hand shop. Hemingway’s writing style is insightful to read and different from anything i’ve read before. Some chapters are very slow paced. When he and his subordinate shot the Srg. for turning away from them, it was one of the more surprising scenes for me. It felt out of character, but it helped ground it to the realities of WWI. The last 10 so pages are so tragic. I found Catherine a strange character from the start
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it was Fine? i remember liking it more in high school but this time i just wasn't that invested and i think it could've been a lot shorter
ALSO i'm usually unbothered about writing style, i care more about the plot but i'm not crazy about his writing style, especially because my edition had the alternate endings and stuff which was cool to see at a first, but at a point i was reading the same paragraphs over and over with a few words slightly different and it was making me crazy lmao
some really excellent quotes in here though
ALSO i'm usually unbothered about writing style, i care more about the plot but i'm not crazy about his writing style, especially because my edition had the alternate endings and stuff which was cool to see at a first, but at a point i was reading the same paragraphs over and over with a few words slightly different and it was making me crazy lmao
some really excellent quotes in here though
The ending was just too brutal for me. and his style of writing is very dry and very detailed. It takes a minute to get a good flow, but once I did I was hooked