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hallerowley's review
3.0
While I’ve deduced that I’m not a huge Hemingway fan, I can appreciate his particular style of writing, especially when it’s packaged into short stories like this. There were some I liked and some I loved and some I really despised, but if you want to get started with Hemingway and familiarize yourself with his writing and like short stories, this is a good place to start.
kidstaple's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
annemariewellswriter's review
4.0
I liked most of the short stories in this collection. I like the way that Hemingway creates realistic dialogue that is interesting to read. it's very nuanced.
one story i had to stop listening to because it described how people broke animals' legs and threw them in shallow pools to drown, and i'm too sensitive for that.
one story i had to stop listening to because it described how people broke animals' legs and threw them in shallow pools to drown, and i'm too sensitive for that.
xterminal's review
4.0
Ernest Hemingway, Winner Take Nothing (Scribner's, 1933)
Arguably Hemingway's finest book of short stories, Winner Take Nothing contains fourteen relatively short and always spare looks at various stages of life. What seem, upon first reading, to be nothing more than frameworks or outlines take on more meat upon reflection. Hemingway lets the reader fill in the small details, guiding his imagination rather than manipulating it. This does mean that the onus is on the reader more than usual with this book; Hemingway's work is meant to be thought-provoking rather than escapist. If you can make it to the end of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," the second story in the book, and reflect on it without feeling anything, then the book's probably not for you. Those who approach it with the proper mindset, however, will find it to be full of opportunities to plumb one's own imagination. ****
Arguably Hemingway's finest book of short stories, Winner Take Nothing contains fourteen relatively short and always spare looks at various stages of life. What seem, upon first reading, to be nothing more than frameworks or outlines take on more meat upon reflection. Hemingway lets the reader fill in the small details, guiding his imagination rather than manipulating it. This does mean that the onus is on the reader more than usual with this book; Hemingway's work is meant to be thought-provoking rather than escapist. If you can make it to the end of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," the second story in the book, and reflect on it without feeling anything, then the book's probably not for you. Those who approach it with the proper mindset, however, will find it to be full of opportunities to plumb one's own imagination. ****
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