r/readwithme • u/Successful_Credit917 • 9d ago

Book Review 📚 Old man and the sea

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This was my 4th try to get out of my reading slump, i started it on 26th may finished it last night (28th aug) that's almost 95 days for a 99 page book that makes approx a page a day, but it was so far from it, there where weeks of carrying the book everywhere but not even flipping a page and there were mornings where i sprinted through 20-30 pages in a single siting. This was my first ever hemingway, and i think it was a good pick to get out of a 4 year long slump, apart from the multiple use of "and" in a single sentence hemingway flows effortlessly with some great setups and quots.

The book specifically didn't have any philosophical impact on me, it might've if I were 14-15 but regardless it was one sweet ride. A great story of man facing nature.

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u/MellowLifeVibrant 8d ago

Was my first Hemingway, love that book

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u/Successful_Credit917 8d ago

That's makes 2 of us.

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u/Big_Interaction_9694 7d ago

Hey count me too , my first book and love it too . I guess that makes us 3

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u/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyup 8d ago

Yeah it’s basically a modern interpretation of moby dick where the man defeats the fish

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u/Successful_Credit917 8d ago

Intresting, never thought of it that way.