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A review by cassieyorke
The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
4.0
I had a lovely time with this one - but I think that was only because I was researching college life in the 1920s. If that's your thing or if you're researching, it's a lot of fun. But if you don't really have any special interest in the period, then you're not gonna get anything out of this book at all. I find it hard to imagine reading this if I were a complete stranger to the subject material.
And I found the ending a bit sad. It's not a tear-jerker or anything, but there's something about books from the 1920s, I've found - there's a wistful sort of sadness in them. Incomplete endings, and the protagonist never finds the object of his or her quest. The Plastic Age definitely ends that way - not quite Gatsby-esque, but similar.
But if you don't get sad easily, and you have a reason to be invested, you'll have fun.
And if you're researching the 1920s - language, music, culture, whatever - this book is absolutely essential.
And I found the ending a bit sad. It's not a tear-jerker or anything, but there's something about books from the 1920s, I've found - there's a wistful sort of sadness in them. Incomplete endings, and the protagonist never finds the object of his or her quest. The Plastic Age definitely ends that way - not quite Gatsby-esque, but similar.
But if you don't get sad easily, and you have a reason to be invested, you'll have fun.
And if you're researching the 1920s - language, music, culture, whatever - this book is absolutely essential.