Title: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Series/Standalone: Standalone
Genre: Classic, Fiction, Lit
Pages:195
Publisher: Penguin
Year Published: 1925
Format: Physical Copy (Library Copy)
First Line: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
"These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death.
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby- young, handsome and fabulously rich- always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And soon his destructive obsession will force his world to unravel."
My Rating: 3.75/5
This book starts in a strange way and is not at all what I expected. I haven't read a lot of classics so a goal I have this year is to attempt to read more. After the first 50 pages of this book, I was willing to give up but decided to break the read into 50-page sprints per evening and managed to complete it. I actually enjoyed the story overall. I think that it was interesting to see how the author took things from a certain time period and changed them to a futuristic theme. I found that the characters were interesting, although some were unlikeable it was interesting to see the interactions throughout the short novel and I hope to pick up another classic next month.
Thanks for reading,
Sidny
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