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Title: A Novel of Many Flaws
Review: This novel is not the great masterpiece that everyone claims it is. The story is extremely slow moving and only encompasses three days of time. There is a great deal of repition and excessive detail. There is not sense of urgency or action as you might think a war novel would include. Many episodes, including Pilar's story about the episode in her villiage, Maria's rape, and Sodo's death could be ommited or at least greatly summarized. Although the book is almost five hundred pages long it could be summarized in ten pages. The love affair between Jordon and Maria is overly idealized and is extremely unbelieveable. Maria's bland and submissive personality and their dialouge make me physically sick. It seems appropriate to say that Hemingway had absolutely no idea about women. This book is not worth your precious time.
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