A review by moeeyc
True at First Light by Ernest Hemingway

3.0

My first book finished in 2018. I listened to the very nicely done audio version by the great Brian Dennehy. Still and all, I would likely benefit from picking up a paper copy because I couldn't grasp everything as it passed. There are some parts that were definitely not up my alley, as I find hunting difficult to deal with when not in the abstract. And any relationship between Hem and a woman is at best challenging to explore since nothing ever ended well. And to be honest, until I looked the book up a few minutes ago on that wiki thing, I did not get that it took place during the time of an actual rebellion. On a potential re-read, I will appreciate that context, since the descriptions of the various African tribes and their relationships were harder to follow on audio. And the tenets of his religion, but I have to admit, that struck me as pure Hemingway.