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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love Hemingway's writing style so much, it's so clear and doesn't ever have to muddy the waters with "so-and-so felt this or that". His show-don't-tell technique is the most extreme, very subtle when it sows emotion and motivation. Just an absolute joy to read and so moreish. I'm living in Madrid at the moment - trying somewhat unsuccessfully to improve my Spanish - and the novel is actually set in the Sierra where I go to work most days. It was amazing to recognise so much of the geography and the nearby towns that the guerrilla operations take place in. I have only read The Old Man and the Sea so far from Hemingway, but I was delighted by how much Castilian shows up throughout the book. Not only through the dialogue (which is transliterated very simply from the Spanish, with idioms and grammar kept intact), but also it bleeds through into the body of the text: the narration and the description. It makes for very unique reading and is a style I appreciate very much. I read For All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy a few years ago and it carries a similar amount of Spanish dialogue which I really appreciated at the time, but the text wasn't as effected by the language.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved the scene with Pilar describing the fascists being overthrown in their town . After that, it was a little slow. I liked both Robert Jordan and Maria, but their romance just didn't resonate with me. Maria was a much more interesting character in the scenes not involving their romance. Pablo and Pilar are both messy and complex characters that I loved. I think their relationship was much more interesting than Robert and Maria's.
The ending sold me on this. It was beautiful and tragic. It was inevitable, and I knew it was coming, but it still made me tear up.
The ending sold me on this. It was beautiful and tragic. It was inevitable, and I knew it was coming, but it still made me tear up.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Since we do not have God here any more, neither His Son nor the Holy Ghost, who forgives? I do not know."
"You have not God any more?"
"No. Man. Certainly not. If there were God, never would He have permitted what I have seen with my eyes. Let them have God."
"They claim Him."
I have stayed away from Hemingway most of my adult life having been very disappointed in a couple of his other works. A friend recently recommended this book so I decided to give it a go. There are sections of this book that are beautiful and luxurious and brilliant, and then there are sections where you just want to scream move on man. All in all a good book from a talented writer. I am glad I gave it a go.
“War is a bitch”
I have stayed away from Hemingway most of my adult life having been very disappointed in a couple of his other works. A friend recently recommended this book so I decided to give it a go. There are sections of this book that are beautiful and luxurious and brilliant, and then there are sections where you just want to scream move on man. All in all a good book from a talented writer. I am glad I gave it a go.
“War is a bitch”