Have I read this before: Yes! I dig Hemingway.  

Review: I think it’s easy to forget that Hemingway served as an ambulance driver in WWI and actually got pretty seriously wounded in…1918 I want to say? I think of all his novels, this is the one that is most clearly based on his own experiences (yes, even more so than The Sun Also Rises in my opinion). You can really feel how personal it is all throughout the story.

Favorite Part: I really like how much of the book is focused on the non-fighting/non-battle parts of war. It emphasizes how “regular life” continues on even during a World War and how young men and women deal with trying to just live their lives despite the war taking place and disrupting everything.

Rating: 7/10