Status Updates From Addio alle armi

It’s an engaging story with lots of variety. It feels casual and laid back in one moment and life threatening, chaotic, and frantic in the next. The synopsis pitches this book as a romance, but I’ve found that’s the B-plot to what reads as a man’s play by play of his experiences on the front lines of WW1 Italy. The dialogue is intriguing and witty, and the characters feel sharp. It’s a snippet of time.

Hemingway is so boring I’m trying to rise above it