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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
i knew the last 5 ⭐️ book by him was too good to be true
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-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
Sally Carrol was a girl from the South who wanted more, and so she got engaged to Harry Bellamy, a man from the North. But when the iciness of his ways started biting into her, she felt dangerously trapped. Is it better to be comfortable and safe, or adventurous and in danger?
This was my least favourite work of Fitzgerald, for I felt like there really wasn't much to tell in here. And I didn't care for the characters in the slightest. I kept waiting for something to happen and something happened indeed but it was so brief, I quickly grew bored again. There were a couple of nice lines in here that made up for it slightly but that's about it.
This was my least favourite work of Fitzgerald, for I felt like there really wasn't much to tell in here. And I didn't care for the characters in the slightest. I kept waiting for something to happen and something happened indeed but it was so brief, I quickly grew bored again. There were a couple of nice lines in here that made up for it slightly but that's about it.
Liked the prose, story and metaphor, loved the ruminations on a romanticized American South, among other things. 3.5/5
I honestly don't know what happened. I know there was a Southern woman who was mad at her fiance for making fun of Southern people. And there was sledding.
Fitzgerald's "The Ice Palace," shares dark romantic tropes and its theme is much like Poe's, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket;" both stories see their main characters leave the comfort of their home to dip and rise from the unconscious and consciousness. The unconscious is a state of instinct, usually involving nature and darkness. If one dips too deep into the unconscious, they are often considered uncivilized savages, which can be dangerous. The conscious is enlightenment, materialism, and in "The Ice Palace" is shown through upper social class. The northerners are in the consciousness. They look down at southerners as uneducated. The north is materialistic and values their class. They have books that appear to never have been open but are used to show their sophistication, unlike the battered books Sally remembers in her southern library. The northerners act unnaturally confining themselves to socially acceptable rules of etiquette with a narrow viewpoint, holding wealth and class as valuable.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
3.5*
So I’ve read this short story at least twice before since I’m pretty sure it’s in both Flappers & Philosophers and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Six Other Stories. I also restarted this twice on audiobook because I kept getting distracted and not properly listening to the story. I love how Fitzgerald writes and how poetic and romantic his writing style is, but this is at least my third time reading this short story completely and only this time could I tell you anything about it. It’s definitely no Gatsby or even Benjamin Button but it is also a very short story most often featured in a collection of short stories so I won’t be too tough on it. It was interesting enough, I kinda liked Sally Carol but everyone else kinda sounded like a dick.
So I’ve read this short story at least twice before since I’m pretty sure it’s in both Flappers & Philosophers and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Six Other Stories. I also restarted this twice on audiobook because I kept getting distracted and not properly listening to the story. I love how Fitzgerald writes and how poetic and romantic his writing style is, but this is at least my third time reading this short story completely and only this time could I tell you anything about it. It’s definitely no Gatsby or even Benjamin Button but it is also a very short story most often featured in a collection of short stories so I won’t be too tough on it. It was interesting enough, I kinda liked Sally Carol but everyone else kinda sounded like a dick.