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giorgia_porge 's review for:
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I can say without a doubt that Fitzgerald is one of my all-time favourite authors.
The writing is brilliant, and I found so many images, themes and atmospheres that reappear again and again in his later books. A personal favourite: the tiny old man that resembles an owl.
Amory Blaine is the character you would expect a young, narcissistic author to write... and I loved it! Fitzgerald is immensely talented and his character is not simply good or bad, moral or a-moral he has depth and at the same time is a quintessential young adult, growing. So much so that I actually struggled to envision him being nearly forty at the end of the book, which might be a flaw in Fitzgerald's writing or actually intended: Amory himself cannot really believe he is not a bright young thing anymore.
The writing is brilliant, and I found so many images, themes and atmospheres that reappear again and again in his later books. A personal favourite: the tiny old man that resembles an owl.
Amory Blaine is the character you would expect a young, narcissistic author to write... and I loved it! Fitzgerald is immensely talented and his character is not simply good or bad, moral or a-moral he has depth and at the same time is a quintessential young adult, growing. So much so that I actually struggled to envision him being nearly forty at the end of the book, which might be a flaw in Fitzgerald's writing or actually intended: Amory himself cannot really believe he is not a bright young thing anymore.