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These characters drink. A lot. And they repeat themselves. They drink and they repeat themselves. They repeat themselves and they drink. And they hate Jews. Also Lady Ashley is the town bicycle. Everyone's had a ride. Except for Jake, who is impotent. So he drinks. And repeats himself.
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A line from the book sums up the book:
From Ch. XVII:
" 'I'm rather drunk,' Mike said. 'I'll stayrather drunk. This is all awfully amusing, but it's not too pleasant.' "
The good: The dialog. Approximately half the novel is told as dialog. The impression is that you are sitting at the next table in the cafe overhearing the dialog.
The bad: the characters are involved solely in drinking, fistfights, fishing (!) and watching bullfights. Yawn.
I'd recommend this one for a narrow group of readers:
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From Ch. XVII:
" 'I'm rather drunk,' Mike said. 'I'll stayrather drunk. This is all awfully amusing, but it's not too pleasant.' "
The good: The dialog. Approximately half the novel is told as dialog. The impression is that you are sitting at the next table in the cafe overhearing the dialog.
The bad: the characters are involved solely in drinking, fistfights, fishing (!) and watching bullfights. Yawn.
I'd recommend this one for a narrow group of readers:
(1) req ...more
Not a big fan of Hemingway. I find his female characters depressing and infantile and his writing tedious. Studied his big ones in American Literature and this one was the most tolerable.
Sorry, but I'm not a Hemingway fan. I don't like his writing style or his machismo themes.
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My favorite of Hemingway's books.
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