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A review by maryehavens
Zelda: a Biography by Nancy Milford
1.0
Calling it on page 183.
I keep finding myself going to other books that have a much quicker pace.
The bottom line is that I just don't care to do that much of a deep dive on Zelda, Scott, or anyone really. I only stuck around this long because it fulfilled a Reading Challenge category (Title that starts with Z, X, or Q) and even that isn't enough for me to continue.
Milford definitely did her research but it's just a bunch of correspondence - which, yay for primary sources but I'm personally just not that interested in her life. I got so disgusted so many times with Zelda and Scott's self-destructive natures. That kind of desperate attention that's fun for a little while and then trainwreck tragic with no redemption arc.
If you are super into the Fitzgeralds, the Jazz Age, the Lost Generation, or any of that, you will probably love this deeper dive. I find the whole thing a bit disgusting, actually. I did really like seeing where The Great Gatsby came from but I think I would have been just as happy to read a paragraph or magazine article on that. Spoiler alert: Daisy is Zelda, Gatsby is Scott, and Daisy's husband is all of Zelda's paramours combined. Nick is likely one of Scott's sane friends.
I keep finding myself going to other books that have a much quicker pace.
The bottom line is that I just don't care to do that much of a deep dive on Zelda, Scott, or anyone really. I only stuck around this long because it fulfilled a Reading Challenge category (Title that starts with Z, X, or Q) and even that isn't enough for me to continue.
Milford definitely did her research but it's just a bunch of correspondence - which, yay for primary sources but I'm personally just not that interested in her life. I got so disgusted so many times with Zelda and Scott's self-destructive natures. That kind of desperate attention that's fun for a little while and then trainwreck tragic with no redemption arc.
If you are super into the Fitzgeralds, the Jazz Age, the Lost Generation, or any of that, you will probably love this deeper dive. I find the whole thing a bit disgusting, actually. I did really like seeing where The Great Gatsby came from but I think I would have been just as happy to read a paragraph or magazine article on that. Spoiler alert: Daisy is Zelda, Gatsby is Scott, and Daisy's husband is all of Zelda's paramours combined. Nick is likely one of Scott's sane friends.