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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m ever so curious to see how they turn this into a musical
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Definitely liked this book better the second time around. I think the first time I read it I couldn’t really relate to the characters, all of their problems seemed so far away and silly. Now I realize that this truly is one of the great American novels. It’s got a lot of important themes, like pretending to be something you’re not, appearances, earned vs inherited wealth, etc. Didn’t remember how unfavorably Fitzgerald wrote about marriage and relationships though, so that was interesting to see as an adult. The prose was also very beautiful, and it’s a short little book you can finish in a weekend.
Holds up really well, noticed a hell of a lot more this time around than when I read it as a teen. Ain't no way Carraway and Baker aren't Queer to some degree though.
Like a lot of people, I had to read this book for school, as it is an ‘American classic’, and, like a lot of people, I really don’t think it deserves that title. Not because of the writing or even the plot; the writing was perfectly good, with some really beautiful descriptions and phrases that really exemplify the feeling of the setting, and the plot was interesting enough, without too many gaping plot holes.
However. This book absolutely should not be an ‘American classic’ because it doesn’t represent the American people. In fact, it represents a very, very small percent of them, and did even when it was written. This book is entirely about rich, spoiled people with too much money and time on their hands, who are so utterly involved in themselves that they can’t see the emotions or feelings of anyone outside of themselves.
While we certainly are dealing with the selfishness of lot of people like that right now, the reality of it is that their ‘problems’ just aren’t relatable for the majority of the people in the United States, and so calling it a classic is just offensive.
Beyond that, while the descriptions were nice, I hated absolutely all of the characters. The women were poorly written and two dimensional, while all of the men were over written into being utter brats. To add to the problem, I had no compassion for any of them, and the feeble attempts the author made to justify their actions and build up sympathy were dust that: feeble, and ultimately a failure.
Between the utter unlikeability of the characters, their poor development, and the complete distance to anything I could relate to, I ultimately didn’t enjoy this book at all. While I still would have completed it even if it hadn’t been an assignment, it wasn’t enjoyable, and the only thing I really learned from it was to not trust that a classic novel will be at all related to the people for whom it is supposedly of cultural importance.
However. This book absolutely should not be an ‘American classic’ because it doesn’t represent the American people. In fact, it represents a very, very small percent of them, and did even when it was written. This book is entirely about rich, spoiled people with too much money and time on their hands, who are so utterly involved in themselves that they can’t see the emotions or feelings of anyone outside of themselves.
While we certainly are dealing with the selfishness of lot of people like that right now, the reality of it is that their ‘problems’ just aren’t relatable for the majority of the people in the United States, and so calling it a classic is just offensive.
Beyond that, while the descriptions were nice, I hated absolutely all of the characters. The women were poorly written and two dimensional, while all of the men were over written into being utter brats. To add to the problem, I had no compassion for any of them, and the feeble attempts the author made to justify their actions and build up sympathy were dust that: feeble, and ultimately a failure.
Between the utter unlikeability of the characters, their poor development, and the complete distance to anything I could relate to, I ultimately didn’t enjoy this book at all. While I still would have completed it even if it hadn’t been an assignment, it wasn’t enjoyable, and the only thing I really learned from it was to not trust that a classic novel will be at all related to the people for whom it is supposedly of cultural importance.
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fue un libro que me costó mucho leer. Nunca hay que subestimar a un libro por su tamaño, por que este a pesar de ser un libro corto fue medio complicado para mí. La prosa de Scott Fitzgerald es preciosa, me recuerda a la prosa de Vladimir Nabokov, es descriptiva, y hermosa pero a la vez tienes que prestar mucha atención para no perder el hilo de la historia. Es un libro al cual le tenía unas ganas enormes y me siento satisfecha de haberlo leído al fin. Una trágica historia de amor en la que todo pudo haber sido diferente.