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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
reflective
fast-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
Loved the mood of this one—Paris cafés, Pamplona bullfights, the drifting elegance of the Lost Generation. Hemingway captures postwar disillusionment with remarkable subtlety: the spiritual malaise, the shifting gender dynamics, the metaphor of Jake’s impotence playing off Brett’s boldness and the competing models of masculinity in Cohn, Mike, and Romero. The prose says so much between the lines, and that restraint is often masterful. That said, the novel meanders—it reflects the existential drift of its characters, yes, but lacks the narrative drive of something like Gatsby. And while its antisemitism, racism, and homophobia reflect the era, they’re kind of unexamined and hard to stomach.
adventurous
reflective
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.”
An enjoyable read but I can’t see any of this really sticking with me.
Moest heel erg wennen aan het Engels, kende veel woorden niet. Daarom zag ik er soms beetje tegen op om te lezen. Maar uiteindelijk kwam ik er wel in, en vond ik (sommige) stukken erg mooi. Hij beschrijft heel beelden, zodat je echt in Parijs/bij de Bullfight bent. Ook interessant om over die tijd te lezen en hoe verhoudingen tussen mensen nog heel anders lijken. Al bij al, erg mooi, maar niet van m’n stuk geslagen
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Det er noe med klassikerne: selve lesingen er ikke alltid like oppslukende, og ofte stusser jeg over hvor banalt mye av det som blir skrevet er, likevel lukker jeg sånne bøker og tenker at jeg har fått med meg noe utenom det vanlige. Fiesta/The Sun also Rises er sånn. Jeg tror det er fordi de klarer å åpne hele verdener og drar meg inn i det - med få ord.
Written in the 1920's, the author and his friends would be termed the “lost generation” and it does suit them. Personally, at least for me I find Hemingway and his writing style, frankly over rated. The discourses between the characters are minimal and it's not so much what they are saying but what they aren't saying. They meet up, they drink to excess, they insult each other and have a row or two, they separate and travel back and forth from France to Spain. The author gives us peaceful moments when his narrator Jake Barnes goes on a fishing trip or swims in the ocean to the excitement of bull fighting and a fiesta. They dance, they party and tell themselves what a swell time it's been but was it? Was it ever enough for anyone in this group? When I finish the book, I'm left with the feeling, What the hell was that all about? I thought the characters were superficial, the never ending cycle of day after day, night after night of trying to satisfy that lust for life which is a delusion at best. Perhaps one day, I will acquire a taste for Hemingway but today is not that day. I will however give it a high score because I realize what bothers me about this novel is what will make me think often of it.