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What Members Thought
Nick has moved east and next-door to Jay Gatsby who lives in a well-kept mansion and is the talk of all the town. Gatsby throws magnificent parties, his guests laugh and drink and sing the summer away, but at Nick's first invitation he noted '...but no one swooned backward on Gatsby, and no French bob touched Gatsby's shoulder, and no singing quartets were formed with Gatsby's head for one link.'
For all the money in the world cannot buy what the heart longs for.
There were a lot of racist descri ...more
For all the money in the world cannot buy what the heart longs for.
There were a lot of racist descri ...more
This is actually the first novel I've read for school that I've actually liked, maybe because I started reading it before it was set, I'm not sure. But I actually really liked it. Initially I found the story a bit of a drag, but that was mainly because there was the whole explanation as to why Nick was there so it took a bit longer to get into it than I would've liked, but the last 3 chapters were fast paced and that made up for the slow introduction.
I only felt compassion to two of the charact ...more
I only felt compassion to two of the charact ...more
2013 first read this was a 5 star book for me.
2020 re-read and I am so sad I didn’t enjoy it anywhere near as much as the first few times. Heartbroken 💔
2020 re-read and I am so sad I didn’t enjoy it anywhere near as much as the first few times. Heartbroken 💔
See my review and some recipe suggestions for a Gatsby party:
http://daeandwrite.wordpress.com/2013... ...more
http://daeandwrite.wordpress.com/2013... ...more
Sep 19, 2012
Laura
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it was amazing
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Oct 16, 2012
Caroline Victoria Murphy (CazzReadsYA)
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really liked it
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Sep 03, 2013
Courtney
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