mattyswytla 's review for:

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2.0

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Ugh, this book frustrated me with the mix bag of writing quality, so it's no wonder I gave up on it halfway through and picked it up again months later. Some passages were beautiful and engaging, clearly echoing his later works, others left me fending of boredom or indiference. The sudden shifts in narration, poems, and stage play passages did not endear the book to me. The main problem is the protagonist, who works really hard to never turn sympathetic. I much prefer The Great Gatsby, author's later work.