Tender Is the Night in Around the World in 80 Books

Aug 13, 2021 Karen rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001

2.5 stars really. I liked the first part of the book, but I really struggled through part 2 and 3.

The story is set during the roaring twenties in Europe. Rosemary is an 18 year old starlet vacationing with her mother in the Rivera. She meets the Dick Divers a Psychiatrist and falls instantly in love with him. Unfortunately Dick is married to Nicole, who also happens to be his patient.

I had hoped that this book would be better than The Great Gatsby, which I just found to be rather dull. I think ...more

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Jan 11, 2017 Dana rated it liked it

I bought this book straight after finishing Nancy Milford’s ‘Zelda', in anticipation of the best novel F.Scott Fitzgerald had written since ‘The Great Gatsby’. But I’m sorry to say that it was hard-going, largely because of its structure, and secondly because of the somewhat unconventional punctuation that made me re-read some sentences more than once.
The novel consists of Three Books. In Book I we are introduced to Dick and Nicole Diver, a whole bevy of characters on the French Riviera who wer ...more

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May 26, 2013 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: france, between-the-wars, classic, 1001

A beautifully written book, which might explain why I slowed down and savored this more than I normally would. Especially strong is the way Fitzgerald describes the shifting-sands nature of the balance of power between Dick and Nicole as they wrestle with their individual demons. Definitely a dysfunctional relationship, but Fitzgerald captures the allure of that dynamic perfectly.

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