Admittedly, this book is slow, which isn’t usually my thing. I have an issue with the women characters, especially Maria, and Hemingways fixation on masculinity was a bit much. But, it was his writing that sold me. I don’t know many writers that could create a story that covers only a few days in this way. The last few pages cemented for me the brilliancy of Hemingways writing. Sure, he’s a bit misongynistic and war, but those last few pages were filled with such sincerity and humanity that few could duplicate.