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anishr 's review for:
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
I like Hemingway's writing style here that some reviewer's have seem to taken annoyance to. Hemingway painted picturesque landscapes as well as one can with words. Additionally, the book really showed some real affects of war. We got to see how war affected characters we cared about, from disease and injury to sudden death. It really does drive home the antiwar point. What I did find rather annoying was the dialogue between Fredric and Catherine. Catherine, for being such an integral part of the story, had absolutely zero character development or insights. She's rather static for playing such a large role, and almost serves as an accompaniment to Fredric. Weak character development for both Frederic and Catherine made it impossible to get involved in the romance. Because of this reason, the ending(which was kind of predictable I think?) didn't really hit as hard as it should have. It was still quite sad though, and sat with me for a bit. Overall, I think the character development could have been better, but there is some sections in here that are extremely well written and deserve to be read.