The Beautiful and Damned: Book Three

[Dianne]

comments on book 3 :)

[Tracey]

I have finished the book. By the end I was very disappointed in the story. I found the story quite depressing and sadly none of the characters very likeable.

[Tracey]

A quote from the book: A classic is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation.

Based on this definition I would say that the book is not a classic.

[Dianne]

Do you know what Tracey? I am so glad that you also hated the book, ha!! I was reading more about Fitzgerald and I think because of his depression and alcoholism his writing was wildly inconsistent. I think some of this story was actually based on his own life. Well, on to the next real classic!!

[Dianne]

Have you experienced reading other authors with this degree of inconsistency? Usually if I like an author I like all of their books. Not here though!

[Rosemarie]

The science fiction author Frank Herbert wrote the classic Dune, which I really enjoyed. I read the first two sequels and thought no. 2 was okay, but no. 3 was terrible. I didn't bother reading any more of them.

[Tracey]

Dianne wrote: "Have you experienced reading other authors with this degree of inconsistency? Usually if I like an author I like all of their books. Not here though!"

The main one I can think of is To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman I loved the first and hated the second.