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Antonomasia
Jun 04, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: spain, 2020, france, 1001-books, divine-comedy-booklovers, american, el, decade-1920s
Even though this begins with an account of college boxing, this wasn't as "grr, lads 'n' stuff" (© Father Ted?) as I'd always thought it would be. As Philipp Meyer's brief intro to this edition says, Hemingway's reputation precedes him and isn't necessarily accurate about his books. It's also a holiday in a book, set in hot weather, a good sort of thing to read in June 2020 - but the greater portion of it is a holiday you'd probably rather not have gone on, a reminder of how group holidays can g ...more
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Shirley (stampartiste)
Feb 17, 2019 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: golden-girls-book-club, read-classics, challenge-bingo-2019
My review could be summed up with one question: "How did Ernest Hemingway win the Nobel Prize for this book?" To me, it is unbelievably awful. The style is, to put it kindly, juvenile. It reads like the old Dick and Jane primers that used to be read in primary schools: "See Dick. See Dick run. Run, Dick, Run..."

Here is one of the paragraphs at random:
I woke up. There was a row going on outside. I listened and I thought I recognized a voice. I put on a dressing-gown and went to the door. The conc
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Sarah
Dec 02, 2011 rated it really liked it
Welll, now I know why people talk about Ernest Hemingway with such respect. Lovely little story, feels like nothing happens, but so much does. This group of acquantances tries to care for each other, and just can't. They surely can drink. Amazed that any of the characters can put together a coherent sentence, they drink alcohol in such volume, and at such speed.
Why can't they care for each other? Lots of reasons, physical disability, class, money, its all there, and its all not there. They care ...more
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Mike Snodgrass
Mar 17, 2021 rated it really liked it
Finally read this and can understand why it is a classic. I see a bit of the "Lost Generation" in today... ...more
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Rachel
Apr 01, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jenn Avery
Oct 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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May 29, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jun 14, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 18, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
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