Sun Also Rises

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Summary: Romance, Action, Comedy, and etc. all in one book.
Review: Hemingway gives such a natural touch to the book that it seems like you are watching a movie. The book becomes profoundly engaging when you aproach the middle. The characters go to Spain, and there the thrill begins. Cohn, who accepts all the insults from his friends, finally does what he should do and fight for what he wants. Hemingway describes the scenes with such reality that makes you want to be there. It's simply great! You don't know what you are missing. Get up, and go read this explendid work!

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Summary: TSAR foreshadows "The English Patient".
Review: That is all that needs to be said

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Summary: Perfection
Review: How he did it, I don't know. Like most great work, it is so complicated, it's simple. I found myself there. The final part of the book with Jake and Brett ranks up there with the greatest writing I have ever read. It honestly left me speechless.

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Summary: Hemingway's reputation as a writer is on the line here
Review: Tried so hard to get something, some message, a lasting emotion, knowledge to carry forth, the key to my teenage son's opinion that SAR was the best book he had ever read. SAR falls flat. Short of a few finely tuned prosey sentences, Hemingway missed with this story. If you want to experience tedium, this is the book for you. Nothing happens,the characters never develop ... could this be what Hemingway was after?

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Summary: I was there once
Review: SAR was my first Hemingway book I read. I was in Europe with a friend whom had read SAR and she kept telling me about the book, the bullfights, the partying, lady Brett, Cohn the boxer, Romero the young and handsome bullfighter. Upon returning to the states my friend gave me a copy and again I was back in France and Spain. I could definitely relate the all night drinking, visiting the bullfighting arena and hearing the brute stories of the fights. Hemingway puts you in the story with his vivid description of the mountain sides in Spain and fresh water fly fishing. Who needs a European vacation? SAR takes you there without leaving the comfort of your own home. I've now read it twice and I've also read Hemingway's Short Stories. I'm not an everyday book reader, but now I realize what I've missed. If you are not a Hemingway fan this book is a great start,but if you've read it before enjoy SAR one more time.

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Summary: A truly wonderful book.
Review: I cannot put to words how much this book means to me so I will not bother trying. This is without a doubt one of the greatest American novels ever written.

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Summary: Booze
Review: This book was all about alcohol. If Hemmingway took out every reference to drinking the book would be about 10 pages long

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Summary: A Giant!!
Review: SAR is my all-time favorite book. I'm not going to give you the blow-by-blow, but having read all 85 reviews, there are a few things I wanted to pass along. I first read SAR soon after high school and have read it numerous times since. Some have commented on the lack of plot; true, it's not a Steven King novel, but the subtleties of emotion are moving. Who has not had their heart ripped out once by a member of the opposite sex? (if not, you're lucky or next in line) As for Barnes' wounds and the war, they are mentioned in a few places but only by inference. I'll tell you what happened: Barnes was an aviator flying in the Italian front in WWI. He was shot through his seat by ground fire and lost a few male parts. This type of wound was unfortunately common to aviators in WWI. So common that the lids on field kitchen stoves kept disappearing to become seat armor in those flimsy biplanes. happy reading.

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Summary: The "Lost Generation" indeed. Kudos to Hemingway
Review: Although some complain that the novel, "The Sun Also Rises," by Ernest Hemingway is "boring" or has no plot, I believe that infact it's messages is somewhat elusive and takes a deep thinker to relate and understand why Hemingway wrote the way he did. Obviously his works are reflective of his life; this in itself is intereseting because it gives the reader and inside look into the life of one of the greatest writers of all time. Hemingway can be placed among the creme de la creme of "Lost Generation" writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and the like. The book accurately depicts life in post-World War I Paris, describing the scenery and attitudes of the expatriate writers and artists of the time. Each character has a story, which futher adds to the value of this book. The reader of this book must look deep within the words and not look for some dramatic plot or major happening to leave one breathless. But the reader should certainly appreciate this magnificent piece of prose, perhaps one of literature's greatest pieces of literature. As a High School student, I was required to read certain materials for my Advanced Placement English course, and I chose "The Sun Also Rises" to complete my requirement. And as a teenager, it can often times be quite difficult to reach young people on the level this book does, but Hemingway does it in such a powerful manner that the novel leaves the reader with a birds-eye view of the times. Kudos to Ernest Hemingway and I highly suggest this novel.

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Summary: Hemingway at his best!!
Review: American expatriates and a spoilt English Upper Class woman in Europe in the 1920s, the gay life in Paris, troutfishing and bullfighting, the Fiesta in Pamplona - the ingredients Hemingway so brilliantly used to construct one of the 20th century`s most famous and read novels. Here Hemingway`s structure, his narrative style with the simple use of language really came on display for the first time. A book that totally gripped me and fascinated me. Excellent, brilliant, simply Ernest Hemingway!