Terrific.

Fitzgerald blessed us with a book that goes over themes of romance, festivity, and passion. It was simply perfect and it has always been my favorite book since the first time I was assigned to read it my sophomore year.

It serves as an interesting snapshot of the 1920s. Many of the problems presented are still present (just with different groups) today such as class, ethnicity, and race. One thing that remains true is that while wealth may bring comfort, the price may be too high for us to bear.

One thing that brings it down a notch for me is the not so subtle antisemitic stereotypes, perhaps very common at the time the book was written. A lot of references are dated so you need to perform a little bit of archaeological research to understand the context (which can be fun).

I have to get a new

Can you come tomorrow or Friday

I’m not sure

Need I say more?

While I quite often hear mixed reviews about “The Great Gatsby”, I have to say I loved the book myself. It took a few turns I never expected and toward the end of the book I was on the edge of my seat.

We can use a new phone and phone calls and

We can get together sometime sometime closer to closer closer to noon or closer

I’m not going anywhere for my life I have

I have no

How are you gonna drop that on me on a TUESDAY. I remember reading it In highschool and being like psssh whatever, but like OH MY GOD ITS GOOD. The great American novel seriously. If you’ve never read it it’s less than 300 pages. It’s the book that got me into reading PLEASE BRO PLEASE read it. Like this is art. It’s just Bangar line after Bangar line. The last paragraph, the last two pages are just FANTASTIC. The whole book is fantastic

I was always told to read this. I was disappointed by the book.

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what a novel

I loved the classical story of course. Beautifully well told. But the writing style, as to be expected of the times, was a difficult read. Just be cautious as to not read to fast or to get caught up on a single sentence or word. It’ll make sense as you read on, until the very end.

Not a minute that was not interesting.

I read this because family guy did an episode about it

Great book I can read over and over again

slightly disappointed because it wasn’t like the episode story but still good

Love this book!

Even better with time. Well told tale of the fickleness of people and the frailness of life.

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Great story!

It’s a good book and I definitely recommend. I definitely learned about respect and learned to not be envious.

In a word, “The Great Gatsby” is fun. It’s hard to put the book down once you start since Fitzgerald strikes a perfect a perfect balance between descriptive worldbuilding and advancing the plot. The novel’s readability is also helped by the fact that his use of language has aged incredibly and reads like something you’d find today in the New Yorker (i.e. no need for that 18th century Webster’s Dictionary here!). If you haven’t read it since high school, I definitely recommend another read. However, be warned, it will be difficult not to mentally picture that Leonardo DiCaprio meme when Jay Gatsby finally makes his appearance.

A frenetic classic American gothic dream.

Gatsby believes that money will buy him friendship, love, respectability and will erase the lost years. He irritates us sometimes, but we forgive him, because he’s gifted with hope, generosity and a touching naivety reminiscent of childhood.

Fitzgerald excels at revealing the criminal flippancy of the poor, who end up paying for their mistakes, and that of the rich, who cynically escape their actions’ consequences. The fabulous style, the bewitching images and the author’s way of showing the emotions in subtle and effective means add to the illusion and lead us, with the hero, into nostalgic daydreams. We let ourselves be seduced by Daisy’s voice, overwhelmed by Tom’s presence and enchanted by Gatsby’s smile.

For me, this book is a masterpiece and I can’t resist the pleasure of sharing an excerpt.

“A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like

pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and

then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the

sea.

The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which

two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been

blown back in after a short flight around the house. I must have stood for a few

moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture

on the wall. Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the

caught wind died out about the room, and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor.”

It’s a challenging well-written read. And in my opinion an interesting illustration of shallowness and “all that glitters ain’t gold”

F. Scott Fitzgerald is a phenomenal writer. I loved the depths he dove into when writing. I just hated the relationships in it. It could have had such a great potential with the beginning of the story, but when it ended, I felt deflated and flat. Not one I would necessarily recommend.

the book wasnt awful the writings good i just cant help but give it three stars because of how much i dislike most of the characters there area few exceptions here like nick isnt awful and i like jordan. might be a favorite for some people and i can see why its a classic but not my cup of tea

I decided to read this book because of it’s major reputation and it’s place in classical literature. However after having finished it, I am enormously underwhelmed with my experience. Perhaps where was some greater metaphor or message I missed in my time reading it, maybe not, I don’t particularly care to go back and find it either way. Beautiful writing, disappointing book.

Loved it

Good book

This book was incredibly good, read it as I worked out and at school, so many motifs and turns I definitely was not expecting highly recommended any highschool student to read and anyone wanting to get into good read.

Very poignant look at the emptiness of life without the experience of true love and friendship. I hear Bessie Smith singing the old blues classic “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out.”

Meh.

A tragic tale of a man who would reinvent himself to fit into shallow promises of love.

An invaluable lesson of letting go since we don’t always get what we want. Life is short and fragile.

Spellbound reading of a great classic! So many twists and turns and breathtaking surprises. Beautiful art. Thank goodness! Thank you F. Scott!!

Very beautiful words if ideologies are ignored. The main character has a certain subtlety to him, which is amusing at times. Overall, very enjoyable and pleasing read.

Great word play. Fast read. Loved it.

This production was great and really brought this classic to modern life.

Overall very great book and was fun to read it

This edition has typographical errors on every other page. It’s distracting, but it’s free. Beggars—alas—cannot be choosers.

Haven’t read a book in what feels like a decade. Finished in less than 24 hours. Great read, always loved the movie but the book was even better too my surprise!

That’s a good book today

This book may possibly be my favorite book of all time and anything less than 5 stars feels criminal