slow moving stream of consciousness meditation on life, death, and the fight for survival.
It slowly builds to the battle to catch and reel the marlin and then the final face off with the sharks.
Once we got to the marlin, I was all in, probably because I felt the struggle here was so similar to the scenes on the Orca when trying to capture the shark in Jaws.
The ending was so bittersweet, and I liked how reflective he was on his actions and particularly liked Hemingway's writing here.

My first Hemingway and I will try another in the future.

Recommend the audiobook for this narrated by Charlton Heston.