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A cautionary morality tale packaged in sequins, doused in whiskey, and hung with the Stars and Stripes in a snapping breeze off of Long Island Sound.
There is much to admire in this work. It's pithy, yet contains a surprisingly detailed and complex plot. Some of the characters are sketched with the most sparing strokes, yet they are each vividly alive and unique on the page. Nick, Jordan, Daisy, Tom and Gatsby draw from deep and rich wells of character and strut across the page demanding to be he ...more
There is much to admire in this work. It's pithy, yet contains a surprisingly detailed and complex plot. Some of the characters are sketched with the most sparing strokes, yet they are each vividly alive and unique on the page. Nick, Jordan, Daisy, Tom and Gatsby draw from deep and rich wells of character and strut across the page demanding to be he ...more
Wow. I don't know what to say, except that I loved it. Now I just want to run to the library and pick up all of his other works, which wouldn't work considering I'm at the high school all week for musical and need to reading Whitman.
Weirdly, I though that his prose sounded very similar to John Green's. Or, John Green's sound like Fitzgerald's. I just became so engrossed in this novel, which we don't actually need to finish until next week. ...more
Weirdly, I though that his prose sounded very similar to John Green's. Or, John Green's sound like Fitzgerald's. I just became so engrossed in this novel, which we don't actually need to finish until next week. ...more
Fitzgerald brings his readers into the post-WWI society that is over-run with selfishness and shallowness. Love his accurate observations of people!
Re-read.
It felt good to read this a second time.
It felt good to read this a second time.
Jul 20, 2010
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