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Lisa P
  • Rated 4 stars

If you can tolerate Hemingway's minimalistic style this book is a great example of his work. One man's observations of life and love during an incredible period of history.

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jmadigan
  • Rated 2 stars

I guess it's official: I don't like Hemmingway. I mean I don't have anything personal against the guy and I kind of liked The Old Man and the Sea. But a lot like his other supposed classic For Whom the Bell Tolls I just didn't get what's so great about A Farewell to Arms.

The story kind of reminds me of For Whom the Bell Tolls, in that it features the typical, stoic, Hemmingway male hero in the role of a soldier fighting in a foreign war (here Italy in WWI instead of Spain's Civil...

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  • hajar z

    hajar z said:

    don't like hemingway but this book is much better than the old man and the sea

    posted Sunday, June 15 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Lachie

    lachie said:

    Meghan, I feel this is Hemingways seminal work. His writing here is possibly at its most minimalist which gives each word an amazing power.

    posted Wednesday, June 11 2008
  • Littlejen

    littlejen said:

    His short and choppy sentence style was hard for me to get used to at first. The fact that he really lived the life of an ambulance driver during WW1 made this book so authentic to me. I can't believe I never had to read Hemingway in high school. This book is beautiful with sad undertones- much like the region he describes whilst in the clutches of war. A classic.

    posted Tuesday, January 1 2008
  • Danja s

    danja s said:

    do you think that this kind of story happened in our society

    posted Monday, November 19 2007
  • zeinab k

    zeinab k said:

    i mostly followed the love story ,it was nicer anyway.....

    posted Monday, November 5 2007
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