Review of Hemingway's Daughter
Posted: 31 Dec 2021, 01:10
[Following is a volunteer review of "Hemingway's Daughter" by Christine M. Whitehead.]
Hemingway’s daughter is a very interesting book about the daughter of famed writer Ernest Hemingway. The story starts off with Finn being sent off to boarding school where she is picked on due to her father and his “tastes”. There, she meets a brash girl called Jeddrah who she soon becomes fast friends with. A while later, she meets Nicholas who she slowly develops a crush on after spending some time with him. As the two of them spend time together, they fall in love with each other. This book also chronicles the relationship between Finn and her father. Their relationship has a lot of ups and downs with Finn feeling very loved and occasionally forgotten about. What annoys her the most is that he calls every female daughter, causing her to feel not special. Finn learns first handedly about the “Hemingway love curse”. This causes her to turn to alcohol. An accident causes her to stop drinking. When she tries to get a job as a litigator, she is rejected numerous times due to her gender. This book talks about how she deals with this issue.
Christine Whitehead has cleverly started each chapter with a quote from the Ernest Hemingway himself. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. The author has beautifully described the character and settings which allows the reader to envision the story in their head perfectly. However, it is at times unclear what the main issue of the book is about and it would have been nicer if the author elaborated more about the gender issues than the romance as stated in the synopsis of the book.
This book would be best read by readers aged fifteen and above as this book deals with issues like loss and divorce of which a younger audience may not be able to fully appreciate or grasp. There were no spelling or grammar mistakes in this book and appears to be professionally edited. I legitimately do not have anything bad to say about this book and the writing makes me feel as though I am peeking into the private life of the fictional Finn Hemingway. All in all, i would give this book a definite four out of four due to the exceptional use of vocabulary and lack of spelling and grammar mistakes.
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Hemingway's Daughter
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Hemingway’s daughter is a very interesting book about the daughter of famed writer Ernest Hemingway. The story starts off with Finn being sent off to boarding school where she is picked on due to her father and his “tastes”. There, she meets a brash girl called Jeddrah who she soon becomes fast friends with. A while later, she meets Nicholas who she slowly develops a crush on after spending some time with him. As the two of them spend time together, they fall in love with each other. This book also chronicles the relationship between Finn and her father. Their relationship has a lot of ups and downs with Finn feeling very loved and occasionally forgotten about. What annoys her the most is that he calls every female daughter, causing her to feel not special. Finn learns first handedly about the “Hemingway love curse”. This causes her to turn to alcohol. An accident causes her to stop drinking. When she tries to get a job as a litigator, she is rejected numerous times due to her gender. This book talks about how she deals with this issue.
Christine Whitehead has cleverly started each chapter with a quote from the Ernest Hemingway himself. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. The author has beautifully described the character and settings which allows the reader to envision the story in their head perfectly. However, it is at times unclear what the main issue of the book is about and it would have been nicer if the author elaborated more about the gender issues than the romance as stated in the synopsis of the book.
This book would be best read by readers aged fifteen and above as this book deals with issues like loss and divorce of which a younger audience may not be able to fully appreciate or grasp. There were no spelling or grammar mistakes in this book and appears to be professionally edited. I legitimately do not have anything bad to say about this book and the writing makes me feel as though I am peeking into the private life of the fictional Finn Hemingway. All in all, i would give this book a definite four out of four due to the exceptional use of vocabulary and lack of spelling and grammar mistakes.
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Hemingway's Daughter
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon