A review by williamgideon
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I really had to push through this one. The writing is hard to follow, and really, really bland. I don't vibe at all with Hemingway's writing style. The characters were extremely flat and uninteresting, the only remotely likeable ones were side characters. Our narrator has no personality, and the same goes for his love interest, who is barely her own person and is just there to please the narrator. Not at one point did I care what was happening to the characters or if they were gonna be okay. The one thing I did enjoy was the part where they live in the Swiss mountains but that's just because of the setting.
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