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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Genre: Novel
Published: April 10, 1925
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Genre: Novel
Published: April 10, 1925

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Jan 24, 2015 Radwa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This book exceeded my expectations.

It started out okay, and almost halfway through, I was set on giving it only 3 stars rating, since it was okay. But the last three chapters turned everything around, and it was a whirlwind of emotions. and I don't regret giving it 5 stars.

It's my first Fitzgerald, and I loved how poetic his writings was, I felt like I wanted to take some paragraphs out of the book and just stare at them everyd ...more

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Dec 17, 2019 Josh Caporale rated it liked it · review of another edition

"The Great Gatsby" is viewed to today's society as the definitive novel about America in the 1920s. In all honesty, I would disagree. I would say that it does depict its characters and their flaws with a raw sense of truth, but I did not find any of them to be likable. Told from Nick Carraway, whom I felt was indulgent and found himself to be a voice of reason, this novel makes mention to the parties Gatsby holds, mainly because he is hopeful that a former flame, Daisy Buchanan, will come back t ...more

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May 30, 2022 Ashley W rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Things I Learned from The Great Gatsby
1.Never let anyone else drive your car.
2.Rich people have the pettiest fights.
3.Why be yourself when you can make up someone infinitely more interesting.
4. Everyone likes a party. That won't get them to your funeral though.

Honestly, I could appreciate everyone in this book except Tom. He's everything that was wrong with the twenties.

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