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This is a re-read. I'm not sure how many times I've read it now, but definitely at least once as a student and two or three times as a teacher. This is the first time I've read it outside a school context, and that might be why I liked it better. Or maybe it's because I'm old enough for it now. Though Fitzgerald was only 29 when he wrote it…
This is a great book about terrible people. The writing itself is elegant and eminently quotable. Though it's often cited as a book centered in its era, the ...more
This is a great book about terrible people. The writing itself is elegant and eminently quotable. Though it's often cited as a book centered in its era, the ...more
So, I finished reading it. I like it better than the first time through and, perhaps understood it better too. I understand that F. Scott is a pillar of the cannon, but I can't see him as better than my favorite modern writers. Perhaps it is the story itself I find uncomfortable and disappointing. Selfishness permeates every main character and yet, only Gatsby is punished for it. In the end the plot feels cynical and disillusioned and I am a fan of neither.
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