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spinstah 's review for:
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The main characters in this book, Anthony and his wife Gloria, are quite unlikeable. They are young, educated, and wealthy, living in New York in the early 1900s. Anthony is lazy and eventually becomes an alcoholic, Gloria can't seem to stop spending their money. Anthony is eventually cut out of his wealthy grandfather's will, and while the legal proceedings around his appeal drag on, Gloria and Anthony's life disintegrates. They cannot seem to make a good or responsible choice.
I skimmed much of this, and about halfway through I almost gave up on it, but kept going after a major turn in the plot. It drags in some places, and while Fitzgerald is a great writer, the characters are not enough to keep your attention - neither is the story, which tends to be the same old thing over and over (though to be fair - that's because of the characters' decisions).
I skimmed much of this, and about halfway through I almost gave up on it, but kept going after a major turn in the plot. It drags in some places, and while Fitzgerald is a great writer, the characters are not enough to keep your attention - neither is the story, which tends to be the same old thing over and over (though to be fair - that's because of the characters' decisions).