2008-06-18 Not for me!

I bought this book (my first Hemingway) on the basis of the fantastic reviews given here. I am missing something because this book has gone completely over my head.
It took me a long time to read and had to force myself to keep going. The book, at nearly 500 pages, is far too long for the weak story line and the characters who were not brought to life by the author (with the possible exeption of "Pablo"). I didn't care enough for the central character and his love interest and had guessed the ending before reaching it.
Far from being impressed by Hemingway's heavily praised writing style, I found it detached and boring. The language translations from Spanish to English - "obsenity" this and "obsenity" that, made it difficult to read. Why not put the proper translations in if that is indeed how it was written? There were also lots of errors in the text which became annoying.
It would be interesting to see if anyone, having read this book, has similar feelings? Not being a regular reviewer but feeling so unusually disapointed after finishing this book, I wanted to share my opinions.