carolynmariereads 's review for:

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.0

(audiobook)
This was such a quintessential Fitzgerald novel, and in that respect I loved it! I felt very unsympathetic towards the main protagonist Amory Blaine, which I think is the point. He is very vain and immersed in a world full or greed and status. I loved the references to different literary/art idols like Tolstoy and Charles Dana Gibson. Was this the best novel I've ever read, unfortunately no. Did I enjoy it, absolutely!!