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tried to become a member of the establishment. I love this sentence.
As I was reading this one for the first time, I kept wondering what was so great about it. When I finished though, yes, I loved it.
Yes it's a beautiful, bittersweet book,Dagny.
Henry, I really liked your description of Daisy as an illusion of his distorted mind.
I have read it a long time ago in school (obliged literature), but I didn't like it then. I now put it on my list "books to read again". Perhaps some 12 years later I might change my mind about it. Thank you for your review.
Renate wrote: "I have read it a long time ago in school (obliged literature), but I didn't like it then. I now put it on my list "books to read again". Perhaps some 12 years later I might change my mind about it...."
Renate,It's a classic.With an unhappy ending..
Sara wrote: "Good review!"
Thanks again Sara.This is a great novel!
Nice review Henry, we see this Gatsby, Tom and Daisy everywhere, in all parts of the world.
Coincidence is that I just saw the movie on big screen, What magic!
Sonia wrote: "Nice review Henry, we see this Gatsby, Tom and Daisy everywhere, in all parts of the world.
Coincidence is that I just saw the movie on big screen, What magic!"
Thanks Sonia.!Have not seen the movie yet but will soon.Looks good and it's the 4th film version of the novel!1st was in 1926....
Henry, An extraordinary review but excellent.
Hi - just finished reading this book - and I don't understand. If Gatsby was so popular, why didn't anyone attend his funeral? I guess all those "friends" were just using him all along. And what happened to Daisy??? The book left me with such an unsatisfying feeling...
Gatsby had no real friends.They,the freeloaders, took the free stuff.From a stranger.Daisy, returns to her husband.Resumed their shallow, but comfortable lives,Janine.
Thanks Henry. After your comments, and reading some of the other reviews, I think I'm gaining some insight. I appreciate it!
This is my most favorite book. Very nice review. I don't remember how many times I've read this book Henry. Fitzgerald eloquent and colorful words makes the book really very captivating. I love this book to my heart. The next most favorite book is The Curious case of Benjamin Button. That book is very touching and emotional.
You've no idea how much I hate the character of Daisy, even after happening so much, she never returns back to Jay. She is the perfect epitome of a rich typical trophy wife of Tom Buchanan.
Yes she was shallow and greedy, her husband Tom a jerk.They deserved each other.
Henry Avila wrote: Yes she was shallow and greedy, her husband Tom a jerk.They deserved each other.
LOL, a perfect match made in Heaven, Henry! ;)
That's why they kept moving from city to city.
Henry Avila wrote: That's why they kept moving from city to city.
And surprisingly never kept their daughter with them!
Too selfish both, they had nannies.Poor kid,unloved.
Henry Avila wrote: Too selfish both, they had nannies.Poor kid,unloved.
No wonder Daisy calls her daughter a beautiful fool!
Loved the film, though, so over the top,Aditi!
Henry Avila wrote: Loved the film, though, so over the top,Aditi!
Just like the book, the movie too is very colorful, and Leo has justified the character of Jay completely, Old Sport!
Enjoyed him, calling everyone old sport, so amusing.
If he did, there would be nothing left of his soul.
Yes. What a sad life! Great review, Henry.
Garima,I appreciate your words, yes, after lifting himself so high .All that struggle to come to this...
Aditi wrote: "You've no idea how much I hate the character of Daisy, even after happening so much, she never returns back to Jay. She is the perfect epitome of a rich typical trophy wife of Tom Buchanan."
Not as repugnant as Brenda Last in Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust, though.
Cecily, that book seems kind of interesting.
This review perfectly expresses how I think of The Great Gatsby! Fitzgerald successfully depicted a materialistic society that concerns only with the facade of itself, not to mention the beautiful prose and the thousand symbolism he sprinkled across the pages!
It is a classic, but when first published during the 1920's, flopped,naturally, people were having too much fun, to criticize their excesses, Cassandra ...
Oh yes. I've read somewhere that The Great Gatsby initial publish was terrible. It didn't sell much. Sad about how society tends to lean towards the ignorant side.
Cassandra wrote: "Oh yes. I've read somewhere that The Great Gatsby initial publish was terrible. It didn't sell much. Sad about how society tends to lean towards the ignorant side." People are not always right.
His soul tied to a mirage. Beautiful and insightful, Henry.
CECILY, I thank you! This is a very important novel, because it reveals the human condition, the good and the bad...
Glad that I had this review on my feed this morning, Henry. The last paragraph is excellent, so I share Cecily's opinion above.
I appreciated the book after watching its movie adaptation starred in by Lionardo DiCaprio. The book was a bit dry for me.
Dolors wrote: "Glad that I had this review on my feed this morning, Henry. The last paragraph is excellent, so I share Cecily's opinion above."
Dolors , as always thanks, the book though short, is high in my estimations.
Joey wrote: "I appreciated the book after watching its movie adaptation starred in by Lionardo DiCaprio. The book was a bit dry for me."
A different time, in 100 years from today, it will seem dry as dust to our successors , the early 21st century, too.
Great insight, Henry. I think that last paragraph, realizing none of it was real but not being able to face it because it would show the emptiness of his own soul particularly forceful.
Thank you Sharon, this is a superb novel.
Great review Henry! I recently reread this book. I’m a fan of F Scott, but never cared for this one. I felt that it was really pointing out that old money and high society was always going to stick together and keep out new money. No matter the transgressions committed by old money they were going to close ranks and keep their reputations at any cost. Jay was never really going to be one of them with their established families and good reputations; he didn’t have the breeding or established money. And I too thought Daisy was beyond dreadful. The story made you resent the establishment rich and their ability to buy their way out of trouble. These days there is much less distinction between old and new money. What a different a hundred years makes.
Thank you my friend, this is quite a book to read and digest slowly afterwards...deep thoughts indeed.
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As I was reading this one for the first time, I kept wondering what was so great about it. When I finished though, yes, I loved it.
Yes it's a beautiful, bittersweet book,Dagny.
Henry, I really liked your description of Daisy as an illusion of his distorted mind.
I have read it a long time ago in school (obliged literature), but I didn't like it then. I now put it on my list "books to read again". Perhaps some 12 years later I might change my mind about it. Thank you for your review.
Renate wrote: "I have read it a long time ago in school (obliged literature), but I didn't like it then. I now put it on my list "books to read again". Perhaps some 12 years later I might change my mind about it...."Renate,It's a classic.With an unhappy ending..
Sara wrote: "Good review!"Thanks again Sara.This is a great novel!
Nice review Henry, we see this Gatsby, Tom and Daisy everywhere, in all parts of the world. Coincidence is that I just saw the movie on big screen, What magic!
Sonia wrote: "Nice review Henry, we see this Gatsby, Tom and Daisy everywhere, in all parts of the world. Coincidence is that I just saw the movie on big screen, What magic!"
Thanks Sonia.!Have not seen the movie yet but will soon.Looks good and it's the 4th film version of the novel!1st was in 1926....
Henry, An extraordinary review but excellent.
Hi - just finished reading this book - and I don't understand. If Gatsby was so popular, why didn't anyone attend his funeral? I guess all those "friends" were just using him all along. And what happened to Daisy??? The book left me with such an unsatisfying feeling...
Gatsby had no real friends.They,the freeloaders, took the free stuff.From a stranger.Daisy, returns to her husband.Resumed their shallow, but comfortable lives,Janine.
Thanks Henry. After your comments, and reading some of the other reviews, I think I'm gaining some insight. I appreciate it!
This is my most favorite book. Very nice review. I don't remember how many times I've read this book Henry. Fitzgerald eloquent and colorful words makes the book really very captivating. I love this book to my heart. The next most favorite book is The Curious case of Benjamin Button. That book is very touching and emotional.
You've no idea how much I hate the character of Daisy, even after happening so much, she never returns back to Jay. She is the perfect epitome of a rich typical trophy wife of Tom Buchanan.
Yes she was shallow and greedy, her husband Tom a jerk.They deserved each other.
Henry Avila wrote: Yes she was shallow and greedy, her husband Tom a jerk.They deserved each other. LOL, a perfect match made in Heaven, Henry! ;)
That's why they kept moving from city to city.
Henry Avila wrote: That's why they kept moving from city to city. And surprisingly never kept their daughter with them!
Too selfish both, they had nannies.Poor kid,unloved.
Henry Avila wrote: Too selfish both, they had nannies.Poor kid,unloved. No wonder Daisy calls her daughter a beautiful fool!
Loved the film, though, so over the top,Aditi!
Henry Avila wrote: Loved the film, though, so over the top,Aditi! Just like the book, the movie too is very colorful, and Leo has justified the character of Jay completely, Old Sport!
Enjoyed him, calling everyone old sport, so amusing.
If he did, there would be nothing left of his soul.Yes. What a sad life! Great review, Henry.
Garima,I appreciate your words, yes, after lifting himself so high .All that struggle to come to this...
Aditi wrote: "You've no idea how much I hate the character of Daisy, even after happening so much, she never returns back to Jay. She is the perfect epitome of a rich typical trophy wife of Tom Buchanan."Not as repugnant as Brenda Last in Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust, though.
Cecily, that book seems kind of interesting.
This review perfectly expresses how I think of The Great Gatsby! Fitzgerald successfully depicted a materialistic society that concerns only with the facade of itself, not to mention the beautiful prose and the thousand symbolism he sprinkled across the pages!
It is a classic, but when first published during the 1920's, flopped,naturally, people were having too much fun, to criticize their excesses, Cassandra ...
Oh yes. I've read somewhere that The Great Gatsby initial publish was terrible. It didn't sell much. Sad about how society tends to lean towards the ignorant side.
Cassandra wrote: "Oh yes. I've read somewhere that The Great Gatsby initial publish was terrible. It didn't sell much. Sad about how society tends to lean towards the ignorant side." People are not always right.
His soul tied to a mirage. Beautiful and insightful, Henry.
CECILY, I thank you! This is a very important novel, because it reveals the human condition, the good and the bad...
Glad that I had this review on my feed this morning, Henry. The last paragraph is excellent, so I share Cecily's opinion above.
I appreciated the book after watching its movie adaptation starred in by Lionardo DiCaprio. The book was a bit dry for me.
Dolors wrote: "Glad that I had this review on my feed this morning, Henry. The last paragraph is excellent, so I share Cecily's opinion above."Dolors , as always thanks, the book though short, is high in my estimations.
Joey wrote: "I appreciated the book after watching its movie adaptation starred in by Lionardo DiCaprio. The book was a bit dry for me."A different time, in 100 years from today, it will seem dry as dust to our successors , the early 21st century, too.
Great insight, Henry. I think that last paragraph, realizing none of it was real but not being able to face it because it would show the emptiness of his own soul particularly forceful.
Thank you Sharon, this is a superb novel.
Great review Henry! I recently reread this book. I’m a fan of F Scott, but never cared for this one. I felt that it was really pointing out that old money and high society was always going to stick together and keep out new money. No matter the transgressions committed by old money they were going to close ranks and keep their reputations at any cost. Jay was never really going to be one of them with their established families and good reputations; he didn’t have the breeding or established money. And I too thought Daisy was beyond dreadful. The story made you resent the establishment rich and their ability to buy their way out of trouble. These days there is much less distinction between old and new money. What a different a hundred years makes.
Thank you my friend, this is quite a book to read and digest slowly afterwards...deep thoughts indeed.
