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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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Dec 14, 2012 F rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: seen-movie, usa, 2015

I loved this book. I finished it in one day.

I wanted to dislike Gatsby but i did actually really liked him. I hated Tom. And really hated Daisy.

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Feb 12, 2021 Umesh rated it really liked it

Chase things worth chasing, don't waste life after the shiny but shallow people or societies. Thats the strong moral one could draw from this classic.

After finishing the book, it took me a while to digest what happened in the story and why this book is considered such a classic. Infidelities, infatuations or what people think of as love, sham marriages, power of money, or the lack of it, selfishness, it's all there... told in a story without telling any of it. ...more

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Jun 04, 2023 ForestGardenGal rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-fiction, classics-published-50-years-ago, type-philosophy-ethics, subject-sociology, type-satire, location-new-york, 1919-1929-roaring-20s

A scathing commentary on the Aristocracy

Fitzgerald is one of the most descriptive writers of the early 1900s. The book opens by introducing the characters and setting the scene in such a dramatically descriptive way that the reader cannot help but visualize everything. This book is a masterclass in character development. It is entertaining, flows well from start to finish with a plot arc that entertains the reader while gradually building until it abruptly skyrockets into the tension of the clim ...more

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