The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

by F Scott Fitzgerald

When The Great Gatsby was first published in 1925, it did not appear exactly as Fitzgerald had intended. This is the fully authorized text with notes by Fitzgerald biographer, Matthew J. Bruccoli.

Reviewed by readingwithwrin on

3 of 5 stars

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This wasn't as good as I was expecting it to be if I'm honest.
It was okay, and I knew most of the story already, from things I've heard.

Truthfully I found Daisy to be fairly annoying and way overly privileged. Her husband was equally annoying.

Nick was a character I actually liked and cared about through most of the book. I wanted to see him succeeded and try and get Gatsby to stop being so obsessed with Daisy.

Gatsby, you had everything so many people wanted, yet you sat around and wasted it by pinning for someone you could never have. Also what exactly did he do for a job, and why so secretive all the time?

I get the hype around this book, and I feel like If I had read this with a group instead of on my own I would have liked it more.

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