fatmagulugulu 's review for:

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

2.0

medium-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

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The plot itself was alright, but I found the prose uninteresting. It was a narration of events with barely any insight or exploration into the narrator’s thoughts and feelings, which made it feel shallow to me. It did make me think about war but that was only by virtue of the setting and my own imagination, not because the book was particularly evocative. I felt slightly sympathetic towards the characters but again, that was because of my own compassion, not because the author made me care about them. Henry and Catherine’s conversations were mind numbingly mundane and I struggled to believe they actually liked each other until the last 30 pages. 

Overall not my thing, but I don’t regret reading it. Rest in peace, Hemingway, but we could have done without this book.