A review by dev0225
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I gave him an extra star because obviously the writing is very good but all said and done, I hated the story. The love story aspect was fine- but I was bored throughout. If it wasn’t written by one of the most well known names in literature I probably wouldn’t have finished it just because of that. But then to have the ending be increasingly more and more depressing until basically a life-sucks-and-everything-good-dies, THE END….are you for real? I’m sure people will go on about how that’s why it’s deep but I disagree. I read a lot of classics and definitely don’t mind darkness and heaviness but this was just depressing and nihilistic. It’s a no for me dawg.