servemethesky 's review for:

To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

4.0

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Not my favorite Hemingway, but still a compelling and beautifully written book. I loved Harry Morgan's character, and only started to dislike the book a little when we began to veer away from him. Richard Gordon? Who cares? I want action and dialogue, not the inner monologue of the rich and dull. I understood the need for including these characters, as hollow as they and their stories are, (it's called To Have and To Have Not, after all), but I felt that Hemingway could have integrated those two worlds more successfully to create a more cohesive work.