Thursday 25 November 2010 A thank you to all who attended this evening's book group where we discussed F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby. An excellent meeting thanks to the book, which generated a lot of discussion. Many of the group had already read or/and seen the 1974 film version of the book. A member who has enjoyed the book on the occasions she has read it before found, for the first time, that she didn't like the narrator. This was my first time reading the book and I enjoyed it, I agreed with all members that it was a well written book, but found the characters, apart from the narrator, rather repulsive, the character of Tom more than most. But it was said by all you need characters that you like and don't in novels. So a really good score of 4/5 for this months read. Hope everyone has a great December and a wonderful Christmas to all, look forward to seeing those that can attend at the end of the month where we will be discussing Sebastian Faulkes - Human Traces.
A thank you to all who attended this evening's book group where we discussed F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby.
An excellent meeting thanks to the book, which generated a lot of discussion.
Many of the group had already read or/and seen the 1974 film version of the book.
A member who has enjoyed the book on the occasions she has read it before found, for the first time, that she didn't like the narrator.
This was my first time reading the book and I enjoyed it, I agreed with all members that it was a well written book, but found the characters, apart from the narrator, rather repulsive, the character of Tom more than most.
But it was said by all you need characters that you like and don't in novels.
So a really good score of 4/5 for this months read.
Hope everyone has a great December and a wonderful Christmas to all, look forward to seeing those that can attend at the end of the month where we will be discussing Sebastian Faulkes - Human Traces.