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kristinabrune_author 's review for:
The Paris Wife
by Paula McLain
I loved this. It's not my typical kind of book - it was a little slower-paced than what I usually like, but it didn't bother me here. I didn't know much about Hemingway before I read this (which is a travesty, I know) so I didn't have a lot of expectations going into it, which I think helped.
I found Hadley to be a completely loveable character, Hemingway, in spite of the author's attempts to get us to love him, unlikeable, and Pauline to be despicable.
*SPOILERS COMING*
Maybe not spoilers, because most people probably know how this story turns out, but I found the way the affair was characterized as completely CRAZY. Everyone just seemed to accept it! Even Hadley, for a while, while it was happening RIGHT NEXT TO HER. I didn't believe it, but I read that this book sticks very closely to the facts in spite of being a novel, so maybe it was just the way they lived. Who knows?
Anyway, loved it, highly recommend, especially if you like historical fiction - I found the descriptions of the 1920s fascinating.
I found Hadley to be a completely loveable character, Hemingway, in spite of the author's attempts to get us to love him, unlikeable, and Pauline to be despicable.
*SPOILERS COMING*
Maybe not spoilers, because most people probably know how this story turns out, but I found the way the affair was characterized as completely CRAZY. Everyone just seemed to accept it! Even Hadley, for a while, while it was happening RIGHT NEXT TO HER. I didn't believe it, but I read that this book sticks very closely to the facts in spite of being a novel, so maybe it was just the way they lived. Who knows?
Anyway, loved it, highly recommend, especially if you like historical fiction - I found the descriptions of the 1920s fascinating.