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Anybody else out there who finds Hemingway's style almost completely unreadable?

Rachelle Olivia Initially I found it to be a little slow in parts - but I think it was meant to be that way. In wartime, things pick up pace, then slow to a crawl, th…moreInitially I found it to be a little slow in parts - but I think it was meant to be that way. In wartime, things pick up pace, then slow to a crawl, then pick up again, then stall, and so on. It makes it more realistic. And Hemingway's terse, short prose is perfectly fitting for the general mood of the story as well as those incredibly moving scenes of soldiers having to cope with the bitter realities of war. I didn't find it unreadable at all.(less)

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