I read it when I was 25 and was so disappointed, I was actually angry. I was surprised I finished it. But I'm glad I did.

I'm now in my 30s and find myself thinking about that book on a weekly basis. Only read it once and years later...I like it. It has layers of thought experiment provoking themes that can keep your mind busy. What was it really like to be an angry WW1 veteran victimized by obscurity? And the rollercoaster between hopeless an ecstasy that youth brings. I find it more relatable with the passage of time.

It was the slowest burn of all books I've read, but very much helped me to partly understand Hemingway's genius. His writing can stop you in your tracks six years after you read it.