Reviews

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

duckie888's review against another edition

5.0

The end was really good (read ch 5 every once in a while)

elizam114's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ceelpayne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

graydon's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

alf_read's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Fitzgerald wrote this book at just 23-years of age. While this fact certainly comes across in the chaotic arrangement of a plot, it was clear from the beginning that Fitzgerald was a genius and through the character of Amory Blaine we see the beginnings of the defining voice of the Lost Generation.

nelboyle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Read for my fitzgerald class and absolutely loved it. Loved Amory in all his flawed states, loved the writing, loved the timing. Perfect novel for the beginning of my junior yr of college

mysteriesofmar's review against another edition

5.0

i know you shouldn't romanticise fitzgerald romance but boy is a girl SWOONING

clearly much more autobiographical than steinbeck's cannery row (another favourite of mine) but still enjoyable nonetheless. as a huge fan of fitzgerald, a lot of the stories that he tells here make it obvious how he became to be the writer and person that he was.

tangent but #teameleanor

brianbasketball's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the writing style a lot and some of the messages felt very well explored, like the search for something meaningful that can also make you money. There is a cool exploration of growing through adolescence and college and bouncing between theories and philosophies on the world and life and love and yapping about them like you know anything outside of the bubble you've come from.

I think there is a lot of commentary on the time it was written about the state of literature that doesn't resonate with the current day. If I was more well-read on those authors and much more passionate about poetry some of the references and interspersed poems would have made more sense.

Still, it was cool to see him finish the story with a semblance of what I take to be hope based solely on the foundation of knowing himself, even tho he is penniless and homeless and without a family or a direction in life. "I know myself, and that is all."

sophiapeony's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

questioninarrative's review against another edition

4.0

3.5