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bosssnail123 's review for:
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
yes this book took me three months to read BUT it is fully annotated sooooo take that as you will
i really loved the gradual progression of how the characters spiraled into the mess that was themselves. i barely noticed how much worse they had gotten until they were at rock bottom, which was very interesting because i felt, just as gloria and anthony did, that they didn’t have THAT big of an issue. fitzy does this really well, but this is the best that i’ve seen it in his works.
however, gloria and anthony don’t feel REAL until they are at their worst. neither are particularly likable (that ENDING!!), the reader still feels bad for them - despite being so Like That, they are, at their cores, still very naïve and simple and didn’t understand the consequences of their actions, which makes them interesting to read about. there’s an interesting balance between resenting them for their personalities yet feeling for their problems.
the motif of the stamps was so good. that’s all.
also i really love how fitzy just changes into writing a play. it really gets me i love my funky little man.
really this book is at a solid 3.5 stars, but it settles on three just because the actual prose tends to drag on for long periods of time and while the plot is interesting, the book itself isn’t a very invigorating read and tends to lean towards “boring.”
i really loved the gradual progression of how the characters spiraled into the mess that was themselves. i barely noticed how much worse they had gotten until they were at rock bottom, which was very interesting because i felt, just as gloria and anthony did, that they didn’t have THAT big of an issue. fitzy does this really well, but this is the best that i’ve seen it in his works.
however, gloria and anthony don’t feel REAL until they are at their worst. neither are particularly likable (that ENDING!!), the reader still feels bad for them - despite being so Like That, they are, at their cores, still very naïve and simple and didn’t understand the consequences of their actions, which makes them interesting to read about. there’s an interesting balance between resenting them for their personalities yet feeling for their problems.
the motif of the stamps was so good. that’s all.
also i really love how fitzy just changes into writing a play. it really gets me i love my funky little man.
really this book is at a solid 3.5 stars, but it settles on three just because the actual prose tends to drag on for long periods of time and while the plot is interesting, the book itself isn’t a very invigorating read and tends to lean towards “boring.”