A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics) by Ernest Hemingway Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics)
Book Review: A Farewell to Arms is one of the best books I have ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
I found A Farewell to Arms to be an excellent book. It started out very boring but after the first 10-15 chapters it became very interesting and hard to put down. Ernest Hemmingway did an excellent job putting himself into the book through Frederick Henry. This was the first novel by Hemmingway that I read, and I plan on reading the rest of his novels.Book Review: It was simply written but had a good plot.
Summary: 3 Stars
The language was very easy to understand and the reader wanted to finish the book but I got very tired of "Cat" because she was very well winey. I did not like her character. I enjoyed the war scenes and what it was like for a single person during WWI. All in all I had no problems at all reading this book.Book Review: Wonderfully written novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Hemingway is without any doubt one of the greatest American writers. His style and works have delighted and influenced countless people. This book is one of my favorites. it's story is well conceived and written. the characters are enjoyable and real. Hemingway weaves a storyline that in amazing to read.Book Review: Where are the emperor's clothes?
Summary: 1 Stars
I looked forward to reading this book but was very disappointed by its plodding clipped style. The dialogue between the 2(poorly developed) main characters is tedious and uninspired. The well touted passages about life at the front seemed to bog down in the mud that was being described. Maybe reading S-Faulk's "Birdsong" first, raised the bar of my expectations too high?Book Review: I'm not in high school. I read literature.
Summary: 3 Stars
Books like A Farewell to Arms, Lord of the Flies, and Catcher in the Rye tend to attract a lot of the "this is the best book ever written it was a really good look at what society is really like and it was a great love story" type of reviews. So I thought I'd throw some variety in here.AF2A is not a bad book. It is not the best novel of the 20th century. If you've already read Hemingway you'll know what to expect. I personally think this one was better than For Whom the Bell Tolls, but some readers will find the characters better developed in the latter work and enjoy it for that reason.
I liked AF2A for the minimalism that Hemingway employs. He says more with less, and after reading some of the lesser lights of the pomo era, it's refreshing. Not as a steady diet though: it would be like surviving on bran flakes after gorging on cheesecake.
I enjoy reading authors like Hemingway as a break from more demanding fare such as Gaddis. Hemingway is 11PM reading, that hour when your brain needs a rest but you don't feel like pulling out Elmore Leonard or Vonnegut. He's astute, undemanding, and I don't feel that I have wasted my time when I read him.