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Andronikos asked this question about A Farewell to Arms:
Anybody else out there who finds Hemingway's style almost completely unreadable?
Elliotte Bagg I am half way through this book, it's my first Hemingway and it is completely baffling to me after having heard so much hype about him. He constantly …moreI am half way through this book, it's my first Hemingway and it is completely baffling to me after having heard so much hype about him. He constantly uses run-sentences that are exhaustively long. The dialogue, especially between the protagonist and love interest, just feels stilted and unnatural, like something from Tommy Wisseau's film The Room! I am a fan of WW1 era stories but this one feels pretty shallow. I do feel like I am missing something about why he is considered such an amazing author, is it just because his style is so different that it feels special? (less)
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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
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