A Farewell to Arms in Classics Without All the Class

May 26, 2018 Mr. Twinkie rated it liked it

Shelves: thebest100list

I must admit that there are far more insightful and enlightening books about WWI than this one. This seems to be a simple love-story.

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Jul 06, 2012 Jeff Curtis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I gave this classic 4 out of 5 stars simply because I rather a happily ever after ending then one that ends this novel, a very sad one.

The manner in which Ernest Hemingway wrote this classic made it very easily readable. By the end of each chapter you really understood what took place, and how the character's really lived.

Hemingway’s treatment and indictment of the war by the common soldiers becomes a powerful anti-war statement in the hands of this masterful craftsman of dialogue. The men thou ...more

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May 23, 2013 Amanda Greer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: changed-my-life

This book has confused me to the point that I don't know how to feel about family, friends or life in general. The ending doesn't match the rest of the novel but in a way that doesn't distract the reader so much as anger them. What was the point? What was Hemingway trying to say? That there isn't a point to living, or that there is and we just can't see it? Either way this novel is a stunningly beautiful love story that takes a dark turn. If you didn't cry while finishing it or at least want to ...more

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