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I clearly have a very strong love/ hate relationship with classics. There are moments of true brilliance in the book and no one can take that away from it. Nonetheless, I can't help that throughout the novel I just wanted the explosive to blow up and be done with it. I enjoyed the writing style but not the actual content. Just left me meh.
I can better understand why this style got parodied alot in later years. ...more
I can better understand why this style got parodied alot in later years. ...more
Hemingway's deceptively simplistic style is utilized to its utmost in this novel.
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