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A review by reverie_and_books
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - Review
»It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.«
Well, how to put this. I don’t think Hemingways writing style is really for me. That aside, the story is interesting enough, even though I feared for my liver just by reading about all this wine and Pernod.
It’s the 1930s. A bunch of expatriate writers meet in Paris, drink, write letters, drink some more, and muse about Lady Brett Ashley. They set out to Spain to watch bull fights. Those scenes are truly vibrant!
It’s a love triangle, it’s also about a post-war atmosphere with barely told and barely felt emotions. There is a constant question of belonging. One can read this on a surface level and feel like the writer really likes to describe routes and sights. One could also dig deeper and analyze everything that is said between these lines, in moments of quiet. And as I’ve been told, this is what Hemingway set out to do: telling a grand story with limited words and prose.
»This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.«
Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can see why it is such a widely discussed novel. And it’s a bit haunting, too. I keep thinking about it long after putting this book back on its shelf.
»It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.«
Well, how to put this. I don’t think Hemingways writing style is really for me. That aside, the story is interesting enough, even though I feared for my liver just by reading about all this wine and Pernod.
It’s the 1930s. A bunch of expatriate writers meet in Paris, drink, write letters, drink some more, and muse about Lady Brett Ashley. They set out to Spain to watch bull fights. Those scenes are truly vibrant!
It’s a love triangle, it’s also about a post-war atmosphere with barely told and barely felt emotions. There is a constant question of belonging. One can read this on a surface level and feel like the writer really likes to describe routes and sights. One could also dig deeper and analyze everything that is said between these lines, in moments of quiet. And as I’ve been told, this is what Hemingway set out to do: telling a grand story with limited words and prose.
»This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.«
Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can see why it is such a widely discussed novel. And it’s a bit haunting, too. I keep thinking about it long after putting this book back on its shelf.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death