Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

25 reviews

taytots24's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical trauma, Death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

kananineko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

sharosuza's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Child death, Violence, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Xenophobia, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content, Racial slurs, and Rape

rdiviney's review

dark reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

mone1313's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Blood

theneighborhoodbookwyrm's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Hemingway is one of those "must read" authors, whom I personally have never been interested to read, but I couldn't base my opinion on just prejudice and so I decided to read this — and yeah, it was awfully average. What annoyed me the most was the protagonist's lack of interest in his surroundings, he was very passive about everything and we didn't get to hear his inner voice, feel his emotions — anything much at all — so how was I supposed to care or cheer for him? If I wanted to read an objective war story, I'd much rather read non-fiction! 
kinda spoiler but

I thought the name Farewell to Arms had a deeper symbolic meaning, something around how war is bad and violence is never the solution, but no, it was just about this American man leaving the Italian army because as a foreigner there will be no negative consequences to him or his own home country. bruh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

endlesswonder's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

seanml's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

There aren't many things to say about A Farewell to Arms, but then again there doesn't need to be. Isn't that the whole point of Hemingway? Yes, Hemingway was not the greatest person to live, and because Lieutenant Henry is a near-self insert, the thought comes up from time to time. Somewhat apathetic, privileged and nonchalantly racist, the main character doesn't change those qualities very much. But that's not the point of the story anyways. Hemingway paints a very clear picture, using very little words, of the small daily pleasantries and happinesses of life - and their ultimate futility and inefficacy in comparison to the grandest of life's problems. It is a very somber gaze into the shadow of human history. 8.5/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, War, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Racism, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs