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vviolaceous's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
literatureaesthetic's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
the great gaysby
bethsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
i adore fitzgerald’s writing and as for the story itself, i think i would enjoy it so much more on a second read. that way i can read the story with all the themes already present in my mind
m1che77e's review against another edition
1.0
Ich hasse es. 1/5 Sterne. Alle Charaktere sind nervige reiche Leute, einfach keinen struggle kennen.
kaat_vandooren's review against another edition
3.0
if you buy the penguin classic edition and it has an introduction DON'T READ IT BEFORE YOU READ THE BOOK IT SPOILS EVERYTHING! I just couldn't get through it knowing the end, if I hadn't read the 50 page intro I would probably give it a higher rate
AFTER REREAD: damn i did not understand this story at all two years ago
AFTER REREAD: damn i did not understand this story at all two years ago
bookedandwatched's review against another edition
3.0
The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of 1920s America.
Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires.
Beneath the shimmering surface of his life, Gatsby is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon, this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
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Until this year I had never read this book. It felt like one I should read as its seen as such a classic. I came to the conclusion that this is NOT a book for me. It is too slow, too ponderous, not engrossing enough. I can fully appreciate it how well written it is and the commentary on 1920's America.
The main takeaway I had was that despite all his wealth and people surrounding him in his life he was still alone in death.
Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires.
Beneath the shimmering surface of his life, Gatsby is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon, this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
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Until this year I had never read this book. It felt like one I should read as its seen as such a classic. I came to the conclusion that this is NOT a book for me. It is too slow, too ponderous, not engrossing enough. I can fully appreciate it how well written it is and the commentary on 1920's America.
The main takeaway I had was that despite all his wealth and people surrounding him in his life he was still alone in death.
aayusi's review against another edition
5.0
Gatsby, the poor son of a bitch, stole my heart. ⠀
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Like all the other books I love, this was a melancholic beauty, a book that spoke of love and it's timelessness, of emotions and the twisted little things we humans are. ⠀
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Nick, our narrator, is often mistaken to be idiolizing Gatsby - the protagonist - but I beg to differ here. It isn't Gatbsy that he idolized ( as he says ' I disapproved of him from beginning to end' ) but the pure, incorruptible love he harboured for the girl ' who sounds like money'. ⠀
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There is so much passion in this beautiful book that me talking about it would do no justice to Fitzgerald's work. I want you to pick this up, experience it first hand. I want you to meet the snobbish but super smart ( open to a healthy debate ) Daisy, the jerk Tom Buchanan and the smart and able Ms. Jordan. I want you to smile at Nick's story when he talks about the East and Gatsby's huge parties. I want you to feel forlorn when no one turns up at his funeral. ⠀
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For someone like me, who loves to live in the past, the book was a treat.⠀
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Gatsby was not a good man, or so people say, but I beg to differ. I don't approve of him or his ways, but I hope and wish that someone, someday loves me half as much he loved Daisy. That they love me even if I am alive on in their yesterdays.⠀
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Is it too hankering of me? Or do you relate?⠀
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Like all the other books I love, this was a melancholic beauty, a book that spoke of love and it's timelessness, of emotions and the twisted little things we humans are. ⠀
⠀
Nick, our narrator, is often mistaken to be idiolizing Gatsby - the protagonist - but I beg to differ here. It isn't Gatbsy that he idolized ( as he says ' I disapproved of him from beginning to end' ) but the pure, incorruptible love he harboured for the girl ' who sounds like money'. ⠀
⠀
There is so much passion in this beautiful book that me talking about it would do no justice to Fitzgerald's work. I want you to pick this up, experience it first hand. I want you to meet the snobbish but super smart ( open to a healthy debate ) Daisy, the jerk Tom Buchanan and the smart and able Ms. Jordan. I want you to smile at Nick's story when he talks about the East and Gatsby's huge parties. I want you to feel forlorn when no one turns up at his funeral. ⠀
⠀
For someone like me, who loves to live in the past, the book was a treat.⠀
⠀
Gatsby was not a good man, or so people say, but I beg to differ. I don't approve of him or his ways, but I hope and wish that someone, someday loves me half as much he loved Daisy. That they love me even if I am alive on in their yesterdays.⠀
⠀
Is it too hankering of me? Or do you relate?⠀
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