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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This novel, though set similarly in time and place and of course style as his other novels felt totally different. It was about the aftermath of the party - it felt like waking up in the morning with a massive hangover, cigarette butts reeking in the other room, and sticky alcohol spilled all over the floor. It was in a word - tragic. I read all but the last 60 pages of this in one sitting on a flight back to Honolulu and the first third I loved, the middle third I was breathless, and the last third I didn't like - I was relieved when the plane landed and I could stop reading it. The story follows Anthony and Gloria as they are falling in love (she calls him an ass, that made me smile), honeymooning, living the high life, waiting for Anthony's extraordinarily rich grandfather to die, and then come 'the incident.' The incident compels the rest of the story and you watch these two characters (hard to love or hate them, neither is very likable), fall out of love for a multitude of reasons and grapple with their new reality.
It's tragic but it's memorable and Fitzgerald's style, as always, is dazzling.
It's tragic but it's memorable and Fitzgerald's style, as always, is dazzling.
This is not the deep, meaningful story of The Great Gatsby, but it’s not bad. Fitzgerald’s writing is still brilliant, and it is worth a read.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Tedious scenes of a married couple bickering endlessly
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lot of rambling. However it tells the love life of Anthony and Gloria, which is reckless, tumultuous and stupid
what a beautifully intricate meditation on love & marriage & wealth … anthony and gloria are irredeemable, but fascinating character studies. i forgot how much i love fitzgerald’s writing: “if truth is the end of life, happiness is a mode of it, to be cherished in its brief and tremulous moment”