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ollie_reading 's review for:
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
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as a portrayal of decadent, hedonistic, spiritually bankrupt rich drunks who destroy every sacred thing they touch it's not quite up there with the great gatsby but it still feels essential and powerful and true. my first hemingway and despite all the obvious and glaring flaws I love the style, which works on you so subtly and gradually it was a pleasant shock when I realised how hypnotic and stirring it had become.
CW very anti-semitic (and yet cohn accidentally ends up being possibly the most sympathetic character in the book - he's an asshole but at least he still feels deeply about something)
as a portrayal of decadent, hedonistic, spiritually bankrupt rich drunks who destroy every sacred thing they touch it's not quite up there with the great gatsby but it still feels essential and powerful and true. my first hemingway and despite all the obvious and glaring flaws I love the style, which works on you so subtly and gradually it was a pleasant shock when I realised how hypnotic and stirring it had become.
CW very anti-semitic (and yet cohn accidentally ends up being possibly the most sympathetic character in the book - he's an asshole but at least he still feels deeply about something)