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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

11 reviews

hellbender's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, War, Medical trauma, and Child death

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

koiolee's review

I don't know why I couldn't finish this book. I really enjoyed The Sun Also Rises, and I heard that this book was a better Hemingway book. The vibes were off and I usually enjoy war literature and war romance, but idk about this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

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

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

arcadering's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs

annoyingtwig's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

wish i was aymo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Violence, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Racial slurs

hannasandmann's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

I find it really hard to give a star rating to this book. I enjoyed reading it and I admire Hemingway's skill and I know I am going to come back to this book very often in my head, but quite often felt disconnected from what I think Hemingway's intentions were for the reader, e.g. I did not root for the romance at all. To the contrary, I hated their relationship. 

So the ending did not have the devestating effect on me, it could have had, had I actually enjoyed their relationship.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, War, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

julianh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs