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Why on earth had I not read this earlier? I really don't know. My boyfriend practically begged me to read it. I'm glad I finally did – what a wonderful piece of literature.
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2012 review originally appeared at Jayne's Books.
Despite the fact that this took me almost 2 months to read, I really enjoyed it. There are a lot of similarities to the excess of the 1920s to what happened in the late 1990s, early 2000s with a lot of people living "high off the hog". The story was a little dull at times and there were a few times in which I had to back track and reread what I had read in order to so that I wouldn't miss anything. Despite this, I could see why people are fascinat ...more
Despite the fact that this took me almost 2 months to read, I really enjoyed it. There are a lot of similarities to the excess of the 1920s to what happened in the late 1990s, early 2000s with a lot of people living "high off the hog". The story was a little dull at times and there were a few times in which I had to back track and reread what I had read in order to so that I wouldn't miss anything. Despite this, I could see why people are fascinat ...more
I first read this in high school and it didn't make a significant impression on me one way or another. Rereading as an adult, I can appreciate the gorgeous prose and the natural way the conversations sparkle, even though the characters themselves are spoiled, shallow, and quite unlikable.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other peo ...more
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other peo ...more
I read this book many years ago and remember enjoying it, though I couldn't tell you about it now!
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Jul 05, 2010
Asya
marked it as to-read
