A review by sahana_pinjala
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.0

A good Fitzgerald story seems to have you pulled into the light hearted, fuzzy, soft and adventurous lifestyle of the 1920/30s. I found that some of the stories in this compilation did exactly that, but there were some in which I thought he should have NEVER began writing. Some of my favourites in this book was Crazy Sunday (where a mans Crazy Sunday gets him plans for the next one, and so on), Head and Shoulders (mostly about a girls love life), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (splendid tale on the reverse ageing concept). I like most of these (the first 3) because of my beginning sentence, where Fitzgerald pulls the reader into the atmosphere presented by the story. But I truly enjoyed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button because of the way it was written, and how fascinating it was. The other stories (The Four Fists and The Cut Glass bowl) were alright, but I found the latter confusing and the former a little pointless. The rest (May Day, O’Russet Witch) were the ones I HATED and absolutely loathed. There was absolutely no reason for May Day to be that long and for O Russet Witch to have that boring a persona. And so, since the first 4 stories I talked about don’t seem to make up for the last two, this book deserves a 3. More of 2.5 stars.