A review by chantelmccray
SparkNotes: The Great Gatsby by SparkNotes

4.0

I'm hovering between 4 and 5 stars. What struck me reading it this time that I completely missed as a teenager, was the deep despair and emptiness of the characters despite the glittering social scenes and passionate interludes they were constantly engaged in. That despair combined with the melting lyricism of the phrases is what makes this book wonderful. Taken sentence by sentence, maybe better than anything that's been written in this country.