I know absolutely nothing about fishing, so as much as anything reading about the different techniques and methods the Old Man uses was interesting! The descriptions of the Old Man's struggles with the fish were really engaging - enough that my housemates were laughing at my expressions when I read it in the lounge!

Not a big fan of that paragraph about how women can't help their behaviour changing as, like the sea they are controlled by the moon, but I'm going to allow that in the context of an older character who may have old-fashioned ideas... also, to be fair, mood swings are a thing! XD