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“The Great Gatsby is a decent book and it teaches a lot about 1920s culture. I enjoyed the book, but I felt like a little more could have happened and Jay Gatsby could have been better characterized.”
Andy Dunnam wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Beautifully crafted, classic American novel, the mysterious, detached Gatsby is dissected through his relationships with acquaintances, friends, businessmen and father. In spite of extreme wealth, he cuts a tragic,isolated figure at times, undone by emotional attachment. The backdrop of 1920s US is also utterly compelling. ”
Andrew Burford wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Boring”
storiluva wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is pure magic. Love it madly. [3”
Blanka B. wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“On my third reading, I finally got what my English teachers wanted me to get from this novel. It is a novel that, primarily, addresses alienation. And, with few exceptions, my (our) English teachers in the 1970's were products of the cultural alienation that youth experienced in the 1960's...The narrator, Nick Carraway, is the pole around which the events swirl. His steady gaze takes in, and, ultimately, meets sympathetic judgment on Daisy and Tom, their narrow world, and on Gatsby, the doomed pretender before its gates. I read this this time wondering why our English teachers wanted us to know these things about America, about human beings and how they behave (frightfully) when they're in love. They were trying to scare us to death. ”
john a ball wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Re-read this in anticipation of the movie coming out. Not bad, not bad.”
Dana Corrigan wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“There is no way that a high school kid could appreciate the feelings of searching for something lost in your youth. The writitng was so much better than I remembered! You must read it again as an adult!”
Jennifer Ramby wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read it in High School reading it again.”
Jazmine Cruz wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The best book I've ever read. ”
Mackenzie Elliott wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Before going to the new movie version, I wanted to see it first within my own head. The Great Gatsby was a brilliant and fast read. I may after all, skip the film version. I really like what I have seen already.”
doug eymer wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
