A review by sandaru
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Such a sad story. I always have a soft spot to old people and reading about them in books makes me wanna bawl my eyes out. The story is beautifully written on Santiago the old man's expenditure in the sea. His perseverance, suffering as a fisherman, the physical and mental bearings he had to go through only to understand all he could do was hope. Even to the end his character never showed the sense of giving up. He would erratically talk to himself in the sea and to the fish he caught. It was all sad but even if he is just a fictional character I had felt a sense of respect towards him. Hemingway's writing and character building is so beautiful.