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What I am reading today.

I'm about half way through but I'm going to go for a walk and will finish when I return.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Waiting for your thoughts.

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm almost done but I'm enjoying it. It almost has an innocence to it. It's just an old fisherman struggling with a fish.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 hours ago

That's what everyone seems to say. I've never read it, but from the outside it sounds like a really kinda pure story that you can imbue with extra meaning and emotion. Idk, I've never read it.

Also just remembered this SMBC comic about the size of the fish (spoiler b/c I don't know how important this is to the plot):

spoilercartoon of a page with several story ideas ending in "Old man tries to fit whole fish in boat, but FISH TOO BIG" triple underlined and with stars and arrows around it

Link to comic here.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I remember sobbing reading this book.

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That is ominous. I was hoping this book ends positively but I guess I should change my expectations.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

lol, so you didn't finish reading it?

I should have put my message in a spoiler, sorry for that :-(

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Yeah life got in the way.

Haha it's fine, don't feel bad. I think I'd rather know beforehand since the last two books were dystopian with bleak endings.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Please let us know what you think. One of my biggest insecurities is that I've never actually read any Hemmingway

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I like it so far. I tried reading another Hemingway a while back but I enjoy this book more. It's simple but nice.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

I think you're doing pretty well if that's one of your top insecurities. I feel like I haven't read 90% of what I "ought" to have haha

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

It’s a good book and a pretty easy read, imo.