The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Sun Also Rises
Book Review: You've got to be kidding me.
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is a classic..... by what criteria, however, is beyond me. The foremost impression it gives is that of an oppressive tedium. Read fifty pages, you'll be bored. Read fifty more, you will surely feel your brain turning to lead. If there are any real characters under the absolutely arbitrary routines of the wretchedly two dimensional people who populate this book, well then they are buried under the crushing weight of circularly formatted lists chronicling the daily activities of these fickle, unmotivated drunks with no imaginations. Who happen to be getting bored and drunk in pretty places. Trust me, absolutely nothing happens, WHATSOEVER.
The lost generation this may have been. Judging by this book, what they really were missing was personality, a sense of purpose, and the ability to conceive of even a single shred of worthwhile, memorable drama. Lost all right. I dare you to try and read this and not lose your mind.
Book Review: first novel
Summary: 4 Stars
This was my first Hemingway and his first novel. Funny how things work out. I had just gone to Iraq for the first time when I read this, and I enjoyed it immensely. The prose literally knocked my socks off. The story is a strange one of love lost due to war-induced penile injury, but it is the writing that makes this special to me. I love this book.Book Review: lifeless writing
Summary: 2 Stars
Only the tip of the iceberg is visible, everything significant is below the surface, it's what's *not* said that matters, etc...
Ok, but if what's above the surface is rendered in such a tedious fashion, I fail to see the brilliance in it. For me, the words on the page have to have some life beyond just pointing to hidden meaning. I mean, can a book be considered great if the reading experience is so empty and it's only value is in the interpretation? I say no, no it cannot.
Book Review: worst American writer
Summary: 1 Stars
Ernest Hemingway has made alcoholism into a fine art, because that is basically what all his novels are about. This was the first piece of work I read by him and I wish it had been the last. There was no plot, no meaning, no story and, ultimately no point. The characters were bland and unlikeable. I can sum up the content of the story:
drunkenness, anger, hopelessness, drunkenness, depression, and more drunkenness.