I won this book on Goodreads. I'll have to say that this book was hard to get into. It was a little weird reading about an author who I can only picture as old. This story does not follow Hemingway later in his life. It's much earlier, so it was hard to picture a 21 year old ladies man. The novel did start off slow for me. Also, the author switches from first person to third person. I understand why she did this, but I wish she could have found a different way. Also, at times it felt like the author was constrained by the actual events and couldn't elaborate much with the story. So at times it felt full of historical information instead of just the characters. I will say, the majority of this book is rather depressing. I spent the last 20 pages just trying not to tear up. I did in the end. I really did enjoy this book. There are aspects that I didn't like or would have changed but overall I think Mclain did a great job connecting with Hadley's voice. It was really raw at times. Not a read for everyone. If you do pick it up, expect an emotional ride. I never expected an author I knew, to have had this kind of life. I waffle between a 3.5 and 4. 
 The ARC copy did have numerous typos.