For Whom the Bell Tolls Audiobook

" This may be the only text by Hemingway that I did NOT like... "

" This book is like a good meal, but definitely not fast food. It was helpful that I spent a little time (on Wikipedia) learning about the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway was able to give great depth to each character while still holding my interest. The story builds to a suspenseful climax, and a satisfying ending. "

" Sigh. So I read "Old Man in the Sea" in high school and didn't love it....It took me over a decade to bring myself to read another Hemingway, and so this was it. Ernests second chance. And....I didn't love it. Don't get me wrong, there were moments that were beautiful, I learned something about living in the moment from it, and I cried at the end - actual tears. But overall, I guess I'm just not a Hemingway girl. Good thing he doesn't need me and is a classic author already. "

" Of course I loved this. The intensity, the obscenity, the present tense. Really hits on the idea of living right now. You can pack a short life into a few number of days. Also, the whole standing up for an idea thing. Tragic of course, and that is why I liked it. "

" This was the first Hemingway I have ever read and I loved it. "

" I was a little slow getting into this book but once I got a few chapters in I couldn't put it down. The ending completely shocked me. "

" How to live a life by a master stylist. And check out what Hemingway says about the "death tax"! "

" This is the most un-Hemingway Hemingway novel I have ever read. It only proves how versatile a writer papa is. "

" Good book - still not sure what makes it pulitzer prize material (although it was nominated but didn't win but considered Heminway's best work). Some was difficult to read - used "thee" and "thou" throughout didn't really understand why. Desparate love story. Made me want to read more Heminway. "

" Hemingway's meditation on dying well wasn't my favourite of his. I didn't like it nearly as much as A Farewell to Arms, for instance, or even A Moveable Feast. Mind you, for me Hemingway's at his best when he's writing a short story. "

" this came up in my recommended books and I remembered I have already read it - forever ago but I remember liking it enough but not something I will read again. "

" Written in 1940's about Spain during WWII and the rebels fighting the Fachists. It has more sexual innuendo's than I thought it would for 1940's. Very good and hisotrical. "

" My favorite Hemingway novel. His best love story. I love his description of the world turning. I have read this novel over and over. "

" Can't get past the "thees" and "thous", especially from Hemingway. This is a no-go for me. "

" Great book. Did you know Hemingway was such a pompous ass that he stood at a lecturn to write. He had the audacity to put a space between each LETTER and two spaces between each word. I don't know about that guy, he'll be dead someday. "

" The very human, nearly schizophrenic dialogue the main character has inside his own head throughout the book is reason enough to read this beauty. "

" Better than old man. "

" I couldn't bring myself to finish it, so I skimmed the second half of the book. I thought this would be a great introduction to Hemmingway - but I just didn't like it, or the subject, the characters, the pacing. "

" My all time favorite book. (Ok, along with The Brothers Karamozov.) "

" Es como un viejo amigo. Viva la Republica! "

" Best Hemingway novel I have read. Impossible to describe how good it was. "

" This was definitely a departure from the Hemingway I'm used to from A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises. I enjoyed it, but it was a bit long in the middle. The beginning and the end were most interesting. "

" Long and faced paced book even though happening in only 3 days, runs the gamut of emotions despite Robert Jordan's general stoicism "

" I wish that I was good enough to write portions of this book. "

" This is so far my favourite book of all. I think it is exquisite writing. I found that the book moved at an excellent pace, with so much to discuss afterwards. "

" My favorite Hemingway novel. His best love story. I love his description of the world turning. I have read this novel over and over. "

" I had to read this for school, and I enjoyed it more than others we were assigned, but still not one of my favorites. "

" Anything by Hemingway is great and here he's close to his peak. What else can I say? This is one of my favorites of his. "