A review by nm_young
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.0
I loved this book when I had to read it in school as a 16 year old and love it now after reading it again as a 33 year old.
It is one of those books that will be loved throughout the years because your perception and understanding of it changes each time you read it. The story grows as you do.
The characters always made me feel many different emotions towards them including anger, sympathy, pity, understanding, and disgust.
The story touches on real things that happen in life. Death, broken marriage, affairs, greed, lost love, wanting to reinvent yourself, and so much more.
The only thing I don’t think I will ever understand is why Jordan, Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby didn’t just drive into the city that fateful night in their own cars. It will never make sense to me.
This book also shows how the acts of one or two people can destroy so many lives.
It is one of those books that will be loved throughout the years because your perception and understanding of it changes each time you read it. The story grows as you do.
The characters always made me feel many different emotions towards them including anger, sympathy, pity, understanding, and disgust.
The story touches on real things that happen in life. Death, broken marriage, affairs, greed, lost love, wanting to reinvent yourself, and so much more.
The only thing I don’t think I will ever understand is why Jordan, Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby didn’t just drive into the city that fateful night in their own cars. It will never make sense to me.
This book also shows how the acts of one or two people can destroy so many lives.