The Great Gatsby in Classics Without All the Class

Dec 08, 2010 Anaatasiia Shevchuk rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fitzgerald

I believe any girl would want a man to love her as Gatsby loved Daisy.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ...more

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May 20, 2010 Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere) rated it it was ok

Shelves: classics, read-for-class, love-the-writing-hate-the-character

I do feel somewhat bad rating this Fitzgerald book with such few stars. Here's the thing - I admire his writing style, and find it interesting. But that doesn't make me like his characters or plot any better. I completely think this is a great book to teach with (and agree that yes, it is a classic) because of that - you can often have wonderful discussions when you dislike characters, or even an author. But as for something I'd pickup and read again and again? No. I've spent enough time with th ...more

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Nov 10, 2012 Richard rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ap-language-and-composition-reads

Every time I reread this it gets better. Not quite sure it is "the great American novel" but it is in the top ten. ...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Michele Abrams Lehn rated it it was amazing

I hadn't read this magnificent novel since my high school and college days. At that time, I found it to be quite dull. This time, however, I came to appreciate the magnificance of this classic work. Perhaps it is due to my having aged a bit, and no doubt my own understanding of the time period aided in my reading this time. For whatever reason, I very much enjoyed this story; its characters came alive for me and I was able to appreciate the end of the era it so aptly portrayed. ...more

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