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Summary: Eat, Drink, and Be Unhappy
Review: Being a novel by Hemingway, I was optimistically expecting an enjoyable read. However, I found the subject matter of the text to be exhausting. The text repeatedly describes having meals, then wine, then more wine with ample whining. All of the main players exhibit self-pity and complete absence of self-esteem (whether it be externally and/or internally presented). If you read this, be prepared to be bored out of your wits. However, also be prepared to continue reading through until the end anticipating some climax. Although not necessarily "enjoyable", it is still an influential novel that is worth reading.
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Summary: Good insight into the Lost Generation
Review: People told me that I would not like Hemingway's style. To be honest it took quite a few chapters to get into the story because in the beginning Hemingway wrote about a group of expatriates flitting around Paris continuously getting drunk (can anyone REALLY drink as much as these people did in the novel?) This seemed to go on and on. A reader of this book really needs to understand the context of the times before reading this because you would simply think that these people are stupid. Understanding that this book was written after the horror of the Great War one can really begin to see what this "Lost Generation" was all about. The book really picked up for me when the group goes to Pamplona for the fiesta. I think that bullfighting is disgusting but the way Hemingway wrote about the bullfights was amazing. The detail puts you right there next to Jake and Brett. I do like the writing style of Hemingway. No fluff, just lay it out how it is. Take it or leave it.
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Summary: not as good as i expected.
Review: i had to read this book for school, and although it was good at times, i would never even think of reading it on my own. the first part was really boring and did not contribute anything to the whole book. about the second part, im a very patient person, but having the same thing happening over and over again without any action was really making the book longer and longer. seriously, every single day the characters did the same exact thing: drink, argue, drink, drink, and argue again. the only thing i liked about the book was the way hemingway wrote it. he really has beautiful and very poetical writing. im from spain, and i was really surprised at how exact his descriptions are of my country. though sometimes his descriptions were boring and lengthy, it was almost as if you were reading a photograph. i just think the story wasnt that great... my point is: why read the book? just come to spain!
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Summary: further
Review: also, this Nicole Stay person has no business at a major accredited American University. Serving Espresso maybe.
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Summary: A story of loss
Review: Some people tend to expect too much or over-analyze the book. It is simply a story of loss and how we try to overcome it. Be it unrequited love, being socially unaccepted, lost in a foreign land, or even your generation. The book presents the questions and shows the struggles of finding meaning for our actions that Hemingway and all of us encounter. He doesn't try to answer any questions but its reassuring that we are not alone. Its beautifully staccoto style and troubled characters make this a true classic and a strong reccommendation to anyone feeling lost.
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Summary: The problems
Review: I think this story has a good meaning to life in it. The story talks about friendship, love, and life. Throughout the story, the characters face many problems concerning friendship, hatred, and the special ones. All the characters have different interests and some try to get their way through, and others just give. All of this could teach a reader a lesson. The next time you have a problem with your friends, you can relate to this and resolve your problem. With the difference in interest, the characters develop some hatred for each other. Although they were really good friends at the beginning of the story, they start to see each other's bad traits and start to dislike each other. There are some that can bear with each other, but most of them dislike each other.
Another problem in the story was love. One of the characters liking another caused problems because of the way they act in front of one another. Another problem was other characters developing feelings for the same female. This caused problems between the two males, and between the female and both males.
Reading this story lets you know the hard times of life, and it gives you advice on your problems.
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Summary: My opinion on this one!
Review: My opinion on this book is that it was not bad but yet not what i expected it to be at all. This movie was basically about sex, violence, drinking, and many love affairs. Personally I would say that many people can relate to this book because it is exactly most people's lives today. Hemingway is an exceptional writer. I do like some of his work. This book was based on his life. All of his love affairs, how much he loved to drink and violence that he had gone through (the wars). It is interesting how a person could just sit down and write about his life for the world to read.
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Summary: My thoughts..
Review: The Sun Also Rises is an even steadiness of style and description, settings and characters. The smart reader understands this book better. After researching on Hemingway, I find that "The Sun Also Rises" reflects his life.
The characters are often drunks, who love to travel and take a very big interest in bullfighting. It's a great book with many consequences that deal with human nature.
The love affairs and jealousy occurs with everyday life for some people. Hemmingway's style of writing is not the "perfect style" that we read in every other book. He uses a vulgar style. Hemingway has created these characters to be continuously frustrating and apparently beyond hope, but in doing so he makes them friendly, attractive, and people that every human being can relate to.
I enjoyed reading his book. And for his first book, I would say that he did very well. Once I started reading it, I could not put it own. I am interested in the social life that happens in the book. The love affairs, drunkenness, and racial comments are things we deal with or see everyday. The way he describes the different places, such as Paris is so simple and laid back, making the reader feel as though they are really there. He has a unique style. This is an enjoyable book if you are interested in the lifestyle that these characters live.
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Summary: The Sun Also Rises
Review: If you want to read a great book do not read The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway. This book was on the list for students who are college bound. I decided to read this book. It was the worst book I have ever read. There is not a plot in this book. Through this book there are mainly five characters. Cohn, Brett, Mike, Bill and Jake. The book is written from Jake's point of view. Each night these five people go into town and drink wine and get drunk. Most of the book is about their conversations between each other, but all they do is argue between themselves. The whole book is about how they go out each night and drink, fight, and learn to get along for the time they are out together. They also go to bull fights. The book is about Jake's life for about six weeks.
There were three "books" in this book. The first had no meaning at all and should be taken out. It is about Cohn's childhood. The middle of the book is about their night life during the Festival, and the third is after the Festival and how Brett and Jake kind of hook up. If there were a plot it would be about how Jake loves and loses Brett but then in the end he gets her back. This book was very predictable because they did the same thing every day. If you like reading about everyday life when you drink all the time and go out and don't have a job this would be a good book for you, but this book didn't keep my interest at all. I would not recommend this book. How in the world did this book make it into fifteenth place for college bound students? Nicole Stay
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Summary: my thoughts..
Review: The Sun Also Rises is an even steadiness of style and description, settings and characters. The smart reader understands this book better. After researching on Hemingway, I find that "The Sun Also Rises" reflects his life.
The characters are often drunks, who love to travel and take a very big interest in bullfighting. It's a great book with many consequences that deal with human nature.
The love affairs and jealousy occurs with everyday life for some people. Hemmingway's style of writing is not the "perfect style" that we read in every other book. He uses a vulgar style. Hemingway has created these characters to be continuously frustrating and apparently beyond hope, but in doing so he makes them friendly, attractive, and people that every human being can relate to.
I enjoyed reading his book. And for his first book, I would say that he did very well. Once I started reading it, I could not put it own. I am interested in the social life that happens in the book. The love affairs, drunkenness, and racial comments are things we deal with or see everyday. The way he describes the different places, such as Paris is so simple and laid back, making the reader feel as though they are really there. He has a unique style. This is an enjoyable book if you are interested in the lifestyle that these characters live.
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