Loved itThis was a life-changing read for me when I was 16 years old, and it still holds its own, even amongst some very serious competition on this list.
The Great Gatsby (1920)
Others: Mostly positive Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.... It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. --first edition jacket
- ISBN:
- 9789388843089
- Length:
- 182 pages
Genres: romance, historical fiction, young adult, classics
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Loved it
Not a fanOkay, don't love the Great Gatsby. Don't love things based on The Great Gatsby.
Loved itGatsby explores the pursuit and ultimate failure of the American dream. And what the American dream really embodies and means is that there is a game that everyone in America plays, but nobody wins. And I think that Gatsby embodies that.
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Loved itthis is probably my favorite classic ever I love it so much and in college it was quite literally a comfort read for me
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Mixedi think i did enjoy it i think a lot of it kind of went over my head and i didn't really get it but i just felt like i should enjoy it
Loved itthis is a novel from 1925 and one that i've really enjoyed ... it's a really interesting story and a really interesting look and like upperclass socialites in 1920s america so definitely a book that i recommend
Loved itI love this novel because it is basically about the failings of capitalism and the failings of American dream and you really see these characters lives disintegrate before your eyes
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Loved itI really adore it... F Scott Fitzgerald is an incredible writer and I just love the writing in The Great Gatsby.
Loved itI think I only gave it four stars on Goodreads I read it this year for the very first time in preparation for the movie but it is one of those books that kind of sticks with you and even though I think I had a hard time getting through it there so many beautiful lines
Loved itthe Great Gatsby continues to be one of my favorite books of all time and rereading it was really cool