The Sun Also Rises

Since I had read A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, I wasn't sure what to expect.  I actually liked The Sun Also Rises better than The Moveable Feast.

I enjoyed the entire book, except for one character.  That character was Brett.  She was just mean and seemed to flirt with one too many guys.  At multiple times, Brett made it very clear that she would never end up with Jake in the end because she wouldn't be willing to give up sex.

Like in A Moveable Feast, there was a lot of drinking involved.  However, that was the norm when this book was written.  And, like in A Moveable Feast, many important events happened when the characters were having a drink. 

While Cohn wasn't one of my favorite characters, I feel bad that he fell for Brett.  He would try his best to get her attention, but I don't think that following her around would give him any chance of Brett noticing him.  His stalker-like behavior led to Mike, Brett's fiancé, calling Cohn a steer.  The building tension between Mike, who strongly dislikes Cohn (probably because Cohn is following Brett around), and Cohn eventually leads to a fight between the two which Cohn, being the middleweight boxing champion at Princeton, managed to beat Mike.

Jake's condition was continuously mentioned throughout the novel.  The war injury that he received plays a major part in his relationship that he and Brett could have had together.  However, because of her unwillingness to give up sex, their relationship, or at least the one he would like to have with Brett, is nonexistent.

Overall, I really did enjoy The Sun Also Rises and I will probably end up reading it again.