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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I really did not enjoy the flowering writing. I wanted this to be much more concise. The plot would have been interesting if the style had been more interesting to me.
I wasn't crazy about most of the parade of privilege narrative, but I felt the ending made it worthwhile.
typical fitzgerald; so romantic, so boring, so american
Il s'agit d'un des premiers classiques que j'ai vraiment aimé et que j'ai terminé de lire. F. Scott Fitzgerald est un auteur brillant. Sa plume est si belle et unique. L'aspect poétique au roman est magnifique. Les nombreux poèmes présentés sont si beaux, si puissants. Il a structuré ce roman d'une manière unique: deux livres séparés par une petite interlude, comme si c'était une pièce de théâtre. J'ai vraiment apprécié cela. Pour ce qui est de l'histoire, je trouve qu'elle était particulièrement intéressante. Les États-Unis du début du XXème siècle est quelque chose qui me fascine et j'ai aimé me plonger dans cet univers. Amory Blaine, un personnage qui est décrit comme étant particulièrement égoiste, est une personnage qui m'a beaucoup touché. J'ai aimé voir son développement psychologique à travers le temps. J'ai aimé voir comment les personnes autours de lui l'ont influencé, Beatrice, Monseigneur Darcy, Isabelle, Clara, Rosalind, Alec. Tous les personnages ont leur place dans l'histoire et j'ai aimé.
"I know myself, but that is all-" : cette dernière phrase est TOO REAL.
"I know myself, but that is all-" : cette dernière phrase est TOO REAL.
Absolutely adored this book. The kind of book that you have to stop and take a picture of a page because it is just so beautifully written.
This is my favorite book and this was my first time reading it since high school. It gets better as I age. Fitzgerald's writing is absolutely beautiful - lyrical, full of poignant observations on life. The bizarre structure of the book, at least to me, parallels the chaotic, ever-changing life of Amory; I especially love the play format of Rosalind's section, where the young lovers merely act out the motions of romance perhaps without ever really feeling it. The sudden discussion of socialism in the last fifteen pages, which is simultaneously interesting and what every single boy educated in the northeast spews out at some point in his life.
I get the criticism of this book - Amory can be extremely annoying, the writing is long-winded and naive, the plot is nonexistent. And I can honestly think of rebuttals for all of those things but I won't write them.
Anyways I love this book.
I get the criticism of this book - Amory can be extremely annoying, the writing is long-winded and naive, the plot is nonexistent. And I can honestly think of rebuttals for all of those things but I won't write them.
Anyways I love this book.
Definitely a quintessential modernist novel. An interesting, albeit slow-paced, plot. There are also some stand-out details which foreshow thematic and plot elements Fitzgerald would further explore in The Great Gatsby.
I read this book because I liked Gatsby, and supposedly if you liked one it's common to like the other. I did very much enjoy the story though I was afraid that I wasn't going to like the main character at first. Everything turned out alright in the end (that's not a spoiler. I'm saying that I eventually grew to like him).
Though I'm almost certain that some of the points that Fitzgerald was making went over my head. I appreciated what I did understand of the book. It wasn't very much like Gatsby in my opinion though. Of course, I could tell it was the same author, but I think Gatsby had a very different kind of charm.
Nonetheless, five stars for the literary genius of Fitzgerald!
Though I'm almost certain that some of the points that Fitzgerald was making went over my head. I appreciated what I did understand of the book. It wasn't very much like Gatsby in my opinion though. Of course, I could tell it was the same author, but I think Gatsby had a very different kind of charm.
Nonetheless, five stars for the literary genius of Fitzgerald!
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes