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A review by juleser
SparkNotes: The Great Gatsby by SparkNotes
5.0
“It eluded us then, but that’s no matter -- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning — So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
This book has touched me in a way no other book has. Fitzgerald creates characters so real and so intriguing that you cannot help but keep turning the pages. Gatsby has an air of mystery and grandeur, but once you discover the truth about him you realize that even he is human too, and that lots of people tend to chase dreams they could’ve or maybe should’ve left in the past.
Gatsby’s relationship with time and his constant attempt to go back to the way to the way things once were was brilliantly expressed throughout the novel.
Fitzgerald’s writing style and romanticization of ugly and terrible things attempts to cover up the true story - a tragedy - with flowery writing and eloquent descriptions and a sense of enchantment with everything. Gatsby himself is an embodiment of this.
When I picked up this book I was looking for a good story but left with much more. This is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read.
This book has touched me in a way no other book has. Fitzgerald creates characters so real and so intriguing that you cannot help but keep turning the pages. Gatsby has an air of mystery and grandeur, but once you discover the truth about him you realize that even he is human too, and that lots of people tend to chase dreams they could’ve or maybe should’ve left in the past.
Gatsby’s relationship with time and his constant attempt to go back to the way to the way things once were was brilliantly expressed throughout the novel.
Fitzgerald’s writing style and romanticization of ugly and terrible things attempts to cover up the true story - a tragedy - with flowery writing and eloquent descriptions and a sense of enchantment with everything. Gatsby himself is an embodiment of this.
When I picked up this book I was looking for a good story but left with much more. This is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read.