The Old Man and the Sea - Why I Didn't Like It

I personally did not like this book very much, at all. I sat in my room and read this book from front to back all in one go. It started off very interesting I mean who does not like a good fish chase? But then he catches it, the fish gets eaten bam end of story. I mean what!? The whole story just ends, no warning no nothing. There was positively no closure to it, nothing is resolved, we never find out what happens to Santiago. Nothing, just ending. I was really mad when I finished the book, I felt like I had been cheated out of the ninety minutes it took me to read the book. I remember thinking did I really just read this supposed American masterpiece or did I buy the wrong book.surely this could not be the same book that had sold millions of copies all over the world. Not the same critically acclaimed book. But sadly it was and this left me with the elephant in the room. How could anyone like this book? There is positively no character development, not single bit interesting dialog, not even one surprise in the whole book. I have no idea how so many people like this book. I thought it was downright terrible. I understand the message and how the book and everything in it is supposed to represent life and all that jazz. But still it felt like the author just got tired of writing and decided to simply end the book rather than to continue on with a normal ending. I mean he just goes to sleep, does he die, does he wake up. What happens? I will probably never understand why so many people in the world seem to like this book, which I think is a giant rip off. Maybe someday when I am older I will understand why everyone loves it but probably not since it was a dumb book.