A review by readingoverbreathing
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

3.0

"They can't make it fast enough to keep you a good man."

This honestly was just an okay read for me. I can appreciate Hemingway's writing, but I didn't find the story particularly absorbing, nor did I really connect with any of the characters.

I found Richard Gordon's character had too many autobiographical implications and really took away the focus from Harry Morgan, whom I naturally found much more interesting. This whole book just seemed to read as rather autobiographical, and perhaps it was my perception of this, which I associated with a lack of creativity, that detracted from my enjoyment of it.

I did really like the ending, and found the language of those last few chapters absolutely beautiful. But much of the rest dragged, although overall I suppose this could just have been not my kind of book.