The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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Book Reviews of The Sun Also Rises
Book Review: Ignore the critics
Summary: 5 Stars
For some reason Hemingway seems to be a target for cheap criticism; I guess his spare, masculine style is easy to mock. But 'The Sun Also Rises' is not only a great masterpiece by one of the 20th century's best and most innovative writers, it's also terrifically entertaining, funny, subtle and ironic. And here's a hint for those who complain that nothing happens in the book. There's this amazing thing you should find out about: it's called SUBTEXT.Book Review: Hemingway at his finest.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Sun Also rises incorporates everything Hemingway is famous for: his terse prose, his disillusioned characters, an exotic backdrop. Having been taught this book by a Hemingway scholar, I've come to appreciate the novel so much more. Hemingway writes subtley, so each reread is like uncovering a hidden layer of the characters. All wonderfully complex, Jake Barnes narrates a web of disillusionment and confusion.Book Review: The classic of American modernism
Summary: 5 Stars
All I can say is that the people who have rated this book with a low score are missing the point. This is a beautifully written book. The complaints that nothing happens and all the characters do is drink, fight, and fish is because this is a book about the LACK of meaning in post-WWI society. Meaninglessness IS the message. If you seek to understand modernism, this is the best novel for that purpose.Book Review: The Novel that Started It All
Summary: 5 Stars
Hemingway's first (real) novel. (Torrents of Spring was a practice run of sorts.) H. emerges as a writer in full with this one; all the trademarks are here. What I enjoy most: his ability to craft sentences whose empty spaces tongue-and-groove perfectly with the act of reading, creating a seamless fiction experience. Hemingway's greatest gift was a distinctive style in which the words become invisible.Book Review: He's the Man!
Summary: 5 Stars
Nobody through history writes like Hemingway. Why? Because he was there. Any author who tries to write about things they don't know should stick to flipping burgers. For instance, how can one write about the military without having been there? With this book, he plants you right into the action and has you drinking with him every step of the way. I could feel my liver failing as I read the book.