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Post by Hippiejo on Sept 14, 2021 9:42:49 GMT
The Great Gatsby by F Scott FitzgeraldHere is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
goodreads rating 3.93
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Post by Hippiejo on Sept 14, 2021 9:48:28 GMT
meh!
I didn't enjoy this book at all. I think I got mildly more interested at about page 80 when I could see the plot beginning to take shape but I lost interest again by about page 100. I'm quite proud of myself for making it to the end to be quite honest.
I'm not a fan of books focusing on extra-marital affairs and this book definitely did that and not in way that made you feel any empathy for the characters involved. It may have been a result of the vibe of the book being the extravagant 'roaring 20's' but the characters just came across as either completely deluded or totally self-indulgent. Not for me
That being said, this video actually does help.
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Post by victor0 on Apr 26, 2022 1:28:55 GMT
I loved it in highschool but recently tried to reread it and well... the 2013 movie is better or i wasn't in the mood for it...!
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