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There is no doubt that F. Scott Fitzgerald can handle language. He writes in such a delicious manner that he can keep you going for a long time on that alone, no substance required. That is exactly what he does for the first half of The Beautiful and the Damned. I fully admit that I became weary of this novel by the halfway point, then, in that manner that is also so very Fitzgerald, he began to focus the story and I was lured to go forward to the end.
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I found this book quite arduous after a little while. it flipped from beautiful prose to play writing and back again. It seemed disjointed at times, and I found myself pushing to finish it as I eventually lost interest. In the end, I no longer cared for Anthony or Gloria. I'm glad I've read it and stuck with it, but not one I'd read again.
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