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A review by talking_to_trees
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
4.0
Let me start of by saying that I did not read this book as a biography, I read it as fiction. There are some facts in this book, but if you want a biography I gather there are books that are more equipped to that purpose.
Read it like you read The Great Gatsby and you will love this story!
As a story, this was beautiful. I found myself completely drawn to these two souls, living in an age where gender roles, world affairs and social trends were in constant flux, it was not very hard to feel for them, with them and to know that they did their best. Here and there the conversations felt a little forced or mis aligned, but in a larger sense, I really enjoyed getting to know Zelda and Scott in this book.
There are several who critiqued the historical value, but the author herself voices in the end that there are so many factions to the rise and fall of the Fitzgeralds, all she desired was to give Zelda the voice she imagined. And yes, I could see and hear Zelda clearly.
Don't read this if you are a feminist and don't read this if you want historical facts. This is simply a book to bring to life a single possibility of Zelda's life.
Read it like you read The Great Gatsby and you will love this story!
As a story, this was beautiful. I found myself completely drawn to these two souls, living in an age where gender roles, world affairs and social trends were in constant flux, it was not very hard to feel for them, with them and to know that they did their best. Here and there the conversations felt a little forced or mis aligned, but in a larger sense, I really enjoyed getting to know Zelda and Scott in this book.
There are several who critiqued the historical value, but the author herself voices in the end that there are so many factions to the rise and fall of the Fitzgeralds, all she desired was to give Zelda the voice she imagined. And yes, I could see and hear Zelda clearly.
Don't read this if you are a feminist and don't read this if you want historical facts. This is simply a book to bring to life a single possibility of Zelda's life.