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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Start date: November 1, 2012

Finish date: December 1, 2012

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Jul 16, 2010 Erika B. (SOS BOOKS) rated it really liked it

Shelves: classic

“His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her."

On an entertainment level this book would probably be about a three for me BUT all of the elements that make it great deserve one extra star. Espec ...more

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Apr 12, 2011 ☯Emily Ginder rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics

I can't believe I never read this in High School or any other time. I was blown away by the pathos of Gatsby and the unfeeling behavior of Daisy and her husband. While the book was easy to read, it wasn't cursory description of the times Fitzgerald lived and partied in. He accurately portrayed the high society of which he was a part. The behaviors and attitudes in his time are much the same as today's. ...more

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Aug 16, 2010 Ali rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ap-english, 2012, high-school, rory-gilmore-book-challenge, classics

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

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May 02, 2010 Lauren rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, tbr-sept2012, 1305

The first time I read The Great Gatsby I was in high school and I had no desire to read it. I found the story to be stupid and boring and the characters to be shallow. I will never understand having high schoolers read this novel.

My second reading was significantly better. I still find the characters to be rather shallow. The story line is not incredibly intriguing. But the beauty of this novel is the language and the sense of melancholy that Fitzgerald is able to plunge his reader into.

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Jul 19, 2010 Livy rated it did not like it

Shelves: classics, historical-fiction, books-i-hated, symbolic, stupid-ending, poetic, didn-t-finish

I'm not a big fan of this book. I think it's a glorified soap-opera, I have difficulty seeing it in any other light. I'm sorry, I just can't get past how blown up the plot is.
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