A Farewell to Arms in Around the World in 80 Books

Mar 31, 2014 Sera rated it it was ok

Shelves: audio, literary-fiction, library, own, classics, 1001-books

For those of you who are my GR friends, or may simply read my reviews from time to time, you know about the difficult author-reader relationship that I have with Papa Hemingway. Last year, after a 20 year hiatus, I had a decent go with some short stories and a novella by Hemingway. I figured that I would keep going this year and try one of his longer books again.

Ugh, everything that I didn't like about Hemingway's storytelling came up again while reading this book. I listened to it on audio, wh ...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Jen rated it liked it

It's been a long time since I've read this book but I was thinking about it lately so I wanted to write something now. First of all, I need to preface this with the fact that I love Hemingway. I know he's not for everyone, but The Sun Also Rises is one of my all time favorites. However, I'm not going to pretend that Hemingway didn't have his problems. He could be very misogynistic and I believe this book is where that is the most apparent. This book did not evoke the emotions intended in me beca ...more

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Mar 01, 2016 AGB rated it liked it

I am finding it difficult to review or comment on this book. First of all, it is Hemingway and I feel woefully ill-equipped to comment or pass any kind of judgment on him or his writing. That being said, I was not impressed with the writing or the story line in this book. This is not my first or my last Hemingway. I loved The Sun Also Rises and some of his short stories.

I recognize that this book needs to read/understood based upon its context: the Italian campaign of World War I, cynical soldi ...more

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