60 Books in 52 weeks #11. A Farewell To Arms

[gamblore99]

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From what I remember,
He has escaped the war, and has found love. Things are looking ok...then BAM! his wife dies, he goes back to the hotel.

[wheeler]

"A Farewell to Arms" is one of my all-time favourites. You describe the experience of reading it really well, [censored].

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I love AFWTA, however, i have one criticism: i found the ending very predictable, although it is okay because it is executed so well.


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When I read it the first time, I distinctly remember that I also knew exactly how it was going to end. My question: did Hemmingway intend the reader to predict the ending, so that Federic and Catherine's happiness at being together and escaping was tempered (in our eyes) by a sense of foreboding that things couldn't last?

Two minor effects of the book on me:
1. I started drinking vermouth straight-up on occassion, so I could be just like Henry.
2. Overuse of the word "lovely," especially with my lovely girlfriend of the time.

[MyTurn2Raise]

glad you liked it....i'm so-so on the book

I liked the Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls immensely

The Sun Also Rises = teh suck IMO

[thatpfunk]

im pretty mystified as to how someone could like FWTBT yet dislike TSAR.