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Paula McLain is one of my all-time favorite authors, and somehow this newest novel has snuck its way into my heart as my new favorite. Though I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE both The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun, this new novel was even more brilliant than these well-loved favorites!

The reason is certainly Marty Gellhorn herself-- a character who is just enough "me" for me to relate to while simultaneously being far more daring than I could ever hope to be. Yet, throughout all of the horrific things she witnesses in the novel, she never loses her humanity or her ability to be vulnerable. Ms. McLain has written a masterpiece of a character here.

And not just one! Her portrayal of Ernest Hemingway is a wonderful, paradoxical blend of tenderness, charisma, passion, pettiness, selfishness, and moroseness. Such a complex character! And so brilliantly executed.

I cannot think of a single criticism to name. This is absolutely my favorite book of the year, so far. Above any other genre, it takes a finely honed-- and I suspect hard-won-- skillset to write quality Historical Fiction. Ms. McLain has done it time and time again and this novel is no exception.

I highly recommend this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.


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Love and Ruin A Novel edition by Paula McLain Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Marty Gellhorn is an amazing woman. She was a trail blazer for foreign war correspondence. Utterly fearless in going places alone while guns were blazing. But the 7 years with Hem are not interesting. She knew she should not marry him but she did anyway and suffered mightily for it. Paula's position on what Marty was thinking and saying don't jive with the strong woman that she was. The whole time I was reading the book I felt a disconnect btw fiction and fact. We won't ever really know because Marty burned papers and letters before her death, effectively creating a mystery around her time with Hem. I do recommend Paula's other book, Circling the Sun!
What a terrific book! I found this novel about the romance between Martha Gelhorn and Ernest Hemingway, and their marriage, so thoroughly absorbing that I often forgot I was reading “fiction” written by Paula McClain and instead believed I was in the midst of a memoir written by Gelhorn herself. So, Kudos to the author for that—and for her writing in general, which is always evocative and often beautiful. I also learned a lot about Gelhorn and her daring as a correspondent (of which I knew almost nothing); about Hemingway (a lot of whose “stuff” I’ve read); about the Spanish Civil War, the home and lives they built just outside 1930’s Havana, and their exploits in China and Europe during WWII. Last, but not least, I learned something about what writing meant to them, how they went about it, and how it affected them. All in all, a fascinating read--certainly one of the best books I’ve encountered this year.
I loved this fictional historical account about Martha Gellhorn. The only one of Hemingway’s four wives who dared to be her own person and true to herself in a life where Hemingway believed he was the sun and all should only revolve around him and his needs. What a sanctimonious egomaniac! As usual, Gellhorn’s independence and feistiness is what Hemingway was so infatuated with and pursued relentlessly until she married him and these same qualities after marriage Hemingway saw as a betrayal and ultimately destroyed her heart. I believe she never recovered her ability to have any profound personal relationships after Hemingway. While obtaining tremendous professional success in her life her great love and loss of Hemingway irreparably damaged her ability to ever again connect with anyone on a deep personal level.
I really loved The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun and was so excited to read another Paula McLain book, but only fell in “like” with Love and Ruin. The writing isn’t as consistent and fresh as her earlier books and sometimes feels forced and trite. I never really connected with Martha Gellhorn, never really cared about what was happening to her. Marthas most interesting relationship was with Cuba and Finca the house she restored there. So wanted to love this strong woman who lived life to the fullest, but she didn’t come alive in this book. Read Circling the Sun or Paris Wife again instead.
Paula McLain is one of my all-time favorite authors, and somehow this newest novel has snuck its way into my heart as my new favorite. Though I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE both The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun, this new novel was even more brilliant than these well-loved favorites!

The reason is certainly Marty Gellhorn herself-- a character who is just enough "me" for me to relate to while simultaneously being far more daring than I could ever hope to be. Yet, throughout all of the horrific things she witnesses in the novel, she never loses her humanity or her ability to be vulnerable. Ms. McLain has written a masterpiece of a character here.

And not just one! Her portrayal of Ernest Hemingway is a wonderful, paradoxical blend of tenderness, charisma, passion, pettiness, selfishness, and moroseness. Such a complex character! And so brilliantly executed.

I cannot think of a single criticism to name. This is absolutely my favorite book of the year, so far. Above any other genre, it takes a finely honed-- and I suspect hard-won-- skillset to write quality Historical Fiction. Ms. McLain has done it time and time again and this novel is no exception.

I highly recommend this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.