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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
This book was required reading my junior year of high school, and I will admit that I just didn't get it. I had eye surgery done last summer and stocked up on audio books to keep me busy as I healed, and this was undoubtedly the best of the bunch. Tim Robbins's voice has just enough "money" to be Daisy, enough bluster to be Tom, and enough quiet desparation to be Gatsby. This is a brilliant audio adaptation that bears repeated listening.
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Had to reread this 'cause pretty soon my American Literature juniors will be reading it. I didn't really remember it from high school and now I remember why... it's kinda slow and nothing interesting happens until the last two chapters. Oh what fun my juniors will have!
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Jul 08, 2008
Marnie
marked it as to-read
May 19, 2010
Bethany Miller
added it
