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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
I hated every minute of this book, but there were some nice moments I guess.
Meandering and ultimately kind of pointless, this book purports to say something about a generation that is long gone, through literary devices that were once innovative, but are now reasonably commonplace. This book follows the journey of Amory Blaine, a pompous and spoiled youth, towards a particular brand of socialism that can only be described as “a formerly rich person is surprised to learn most people have to work for money, and doesn’t want to do it.” His money, and then his lack of it, ruin his love life a couple of times over. Then he just sort of throws his hands up and the book ends.
Sometimes a novel is a “classic” because it is good, sometimes it is a “classic” even though it is not very good because it was popular in its time period and the author was famous. This book was the latter. There are some great pull quotes though, I’ll give it that. “They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered” is so good I’ll put it on my wedding decor and hope nobody asks what I thought about the book.
Sometimes a novel is a “classic” because it is good, sometimes it is a “classic” even though it is not very good because it was popular in its time period and the author was famous. This book was the latter. There are some great pull quotes though, I’ll give it that. “They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered” is so good I’ll put it on my wedding decor and hope nobody asks what I thought about the book.
slow-paced
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An unbelievably tedious, long-winded, whining, self-indulgent novel.
reflective
slow-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
Although a short book, it took me almost a year to finish because of reading breaks and an unwillingness to continue. However, I finally determined to finish it. I think the only thing that made me continue with this rubbish, and the only thing that made me give three stars, is that Fitzgerald writes wonderfully. Damn, even the most boring parts read like sweet lullabies. I feel the only reason I continued on with this book is just to read more of Fitzgerald's words; they're quite good. But the story, "poor" Amory Blaine, are not good no matter how much Fitzgerald tries to impress on his readers the idea that Amory's maddening life is worth reading about.
It was so stupid, there was no plot and the protagonist went on side tangents about his financials or weird little tasks that he was doing and it made absolutely no sense. I asked a librarian if this book had a point, they looked at the cover laughed and said, "not a chance".
challenging
reflective
fast-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
emotional
reflective
slow-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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