Empress's review
Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I had the same reaction. Did you actually get back to it yet?
No, I think I am done with it. If it's been this long and I don't want to pick it up again, and don't regret it, I figure I made the right decision. I really wanted to like it! What a great title, but what a boring (first 100 pages) book! Sorry, F. Scott! It might have just been the characters, they really bugged the crap out of me, especially the main girl...
If I remember correctly, I had a similar reaction to all the characters in The Great Gatsby, though I liked that one better.
Oh Ryeee, If my book choices reflect who i am, then what does reading F. Scott Fitzgerald say? :)
Hey, I hated this book.
Empress's review
Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empress's review
bookshelves:
suck-a-tating
recommended for: poor little rich girls.
I am trying to like this book because for some reason I think that I should.
But, in truth, I am finding it quite dull and painfully slow.
Maybe I lack in patience or sophistication, because--given other reviews of this book--there is a good chance I am missing something (or simply haven't read enough into it yet--apparently it gets good after the tedious first 100 pages...)
But so far, I am pretty seriously bored and disintersted in his saga about rich people, poor misunderstood movie stars and their shallow love affairs, dull parties and dumb problems. I keep thinking of that Edie Sedgwick movie for some reason...(no offense to Edie or Andy, or Scott for that matter!)
Every once in a while there is a great line though, so, hey.
And, I do so love the name of this book--five stars for that at least!
OK, now I feel justified in my dislike of this book:
their night: by bukowski
"never could read Tender Is the
Night
but they've made a
tv adaptation of the
book
and i...more
But, in truth, I am finding it quite dull and painfully slow.
Maybe I lack in patience or sophistication, because--given other reviews of this book--there is a good chance I am missing something (or simply haven't read enough into it yet--apparently it gets good after the tedious first 100 pages...)
But so far, I am pretty seriously bored and disintersted in his saga about rich people, poor misunderstood movie stars and their shallow love affairs, dull parties and dumb problems. I keep thinking of that Edie Sedgwick movie for some reason...(no offense to Edie or Andy, or Scott for that matter!)
Every once in a while there is a great line though, so, hey.
And, I do so love the name of this book--five stars for that at least!
OK, now I feel justified in my dislike of this book:
their night: by bukowski
"never could read Tender Is the
Night
but they've made a
tv adaptation of the
book
and i...more
I had the same reaction. Did you actually get back to it yet?
No, I think I am done with it. If it's been this long and I don't want to pick it up again, and don't regret it, I figure I made the right decision. I really wanted to like it! What a great title, but what a boring (first 100 pages) book! Sorry, F. Scott! It might have just been the characters, they really bugged the crap out of me, especially the main girl...
If I remember correctly, I had a similar reaction to all the characters in The Great Gatsby, though I liked that one better.
Oh Ryeee, If my book choices reflect who i am, then what does reading F. Scott Fitzgerald say? :)
Hey, I hated this book.