Although I despise the overall smartass macho behaviour of Hemingways male protagonist, For Whom the Bell Tolls deserves every bit of praise it got since its publication.Yet I am still a bit torn about what to write here, because with every aspect I want to highlight as being amazing and extraordina...
This is one of those books that I have been meaning to read for quite a while, even if it is only because of the Metellica song of the same name (which, by the way, was based on the book, and you watch the official video clip here – you will notice that, if you have read the book that is, it include...
Who knew you could pack in so much humanity into three days. I did find the dialogue a bit distracting (the translation of his characters' Spanish is often more literal than literary) at first and I suppose he wrote it that way intentionally to evoke something, but it was lost on me. That aside this...
For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway's story of an American volunteer helping the Spanish peasant militias fight the fascist "rebels" in the Spanish Civil War. It is a compelling and educational tale that is at once a picture of a particular time coupled with keen insight into one lucid momen...
Mirroring in its very form war's typical alternation between stressful calm and violent, sudden action, For Whom the Bell Tolls is the most entertaining and captivating of Hemingways's books, a vivid and complete reflection upon war, and a masterfully crafted story covered by a thick, bittersweet la...
It was bad, bad, bad in all the possible inflections of the word. It was drearily, astoundingly inept. It was a turd masquerading as fine jewelry. It was Kevin Costner with a Paul Newman mask. It was a regency romance with a Robert Capa cover. It was a public latrine with a whisky bar.Let me go over...
Hemingway uses special "literary techniques" in For whom the Bell Tolls that rather than enhancing the reading experience detract from it. Please see the list below. The ending is totally soppy. You learn nothing about the Spanish Civil War, and a better explanation for why Robert Jordan decided to ...
I spent tonight complaining to my RL book club buddies (what up Gray!) about how this feels kinda the same as [b:A Farewell to Arms.|10799|A Farewell to Arms|Ernest Hemingway|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1313714836s/10799.jpg|4652599] Same stolid lead, same gushy love story, same (I suspect) dire en...
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