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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
REVIEW:
A Moveable Feast by Earnest Hemingway
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“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
The beauty of Paris and Hemingway’s love of this singular city is the highlight of this memoir. The chapters are sketches of moments of his life from that time and the moments where he describes the city are beautifully done.
A Moveable Feast by Earnest Hemingway
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
The beauty of Paris and Hemingway’s love of this singular city is the highlight of this memoir. The chapters are sketches of moments of his life from that time and the moments where he describes the city are beautifully done.
reflective
medium-paced
A little boring. Descriptions of Gertrude Stein ans F Scott Fitzgerald came across as catty. At times so vague as to not really describe anything. Not flattering for Hemingway. Enjoyed the physical descriptions of Paris, other towns, and location settings.
This was a semi challenging; albeit, very interesting book. If you’d ask me before yesterday what my interest in autobiographies or memoirs are, I would say none but that has definitely changed now. I look forward to integrating more of these genres into my reading in the upcoming year.
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Having never read a Hemingway novel or "story" as he likes to refer to his writings, I was obligated to read this book because it's my boyfriend's favorite. It chronicles Hemingway's life living impoverished and in love in Paris in the early to mid 1920s. While some of the things he said made me unable to stand Hemingway as a person (see: homophobia and misogyny), his descriptions of the cafes in Paris, the scenery, the rivers, his first wife, the horse races, and especially his friendship with F. Scott Fitzgerald were riveting and true. My favorite part was Hemingway's discussion of Fitzgerald, how they met, what he thought upon first meeting, and their subsequent friendship.
I liked reading about all the different writers and artists he knew and his descriptions of Paris but i’m just not a big fan of his writing style. I tend to like very descriptive almost poetic writing and Hemingway is very straightforward, presenting the facts and allowing the reader to draw conclusions. I almost feel bad giving this two stars because it’s by no means a bad book but it’s just not for me.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
A book with no fat and one that I chewed through and relished. I found it incredibly romantic - its setting in Paris and also extremely didactic in Hemingway’s experience of writing and what creating brilliant fiction requires. I’ll be watching “Midnight in Paris” tonight.