For Whom the Bell Tolls

This is my first time reading a Hemingway novel and I had some major challenges with it. First, I had a very hard time keeping track of all of the names that Robert Jordan, the hero of the story was called and the background stories of the other characters were a bit on the dull side at times, but the short chapters made it very easy to manage them. The other thing that bugged me about this story is how quickly Maria and Robert fall in love because it sort felt like insta love in a way since they barley knew each other at all throughout the whole entire book.

Despite the things I disliked, I thought that the characters were interesting and the short chapters made this story very engaging to me. Also, I like the fact that the plot didn't always focus on the gritty side of war all of the time by adding other major themes in the story and the fact that Hemingway could manage this without even dealing with the destroying of the bridge for 400 and more pages shows how good of an author he is.

To me, this was a good book that involves the genre of historical fiction, while combining traits that anyone could relate to and I can see why this historical fiction is book is a classic because there is a lot more to this story than war itself.