teaisfortigger 's review for:

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.0

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Ah, finally done with this novel. I honestly grew so accustomed to these horribly selfish characters over the weeks I spent finishing the story, they feel like people I know on a very personal level, and I think that really says something about Fitzgerald. Her doesn't write his characters as simple-minded, stereotypical people. This book was entirely character development with a tiny bit of plot, which is a personal preference of mine, really. The blurb on the back of the book says that Anthony and Gloria's relationship was largely based on Scott's own relationship with his wife, Zelda. If that is true, then it's the most tragic thing I could imagine for Fitzgerald. The couple in this novel were tragic in the most beautiful way.