The Reading Rainbow Book Thread

If Obama could string words together like Fitzgerald he'd have the KKK organizing support rallies.

 

I guess I can see that, but the book is boring IMO

 

Agreed. It's Long Island and NYC setting probably helped.

 

None of the literary classics are confused with suspense novels.

But the story is good. Guy builds an entire life around getting one woman he loves who he thinks is too good for him. Said woman turns out to be a selfish, entitled piece of crap. Her MO is livin carelessly and running over anyone (literally and figuratively) that gets near her but doesn't give a damn. Turns out he is too good for her, but he can't realize it. She can't bring herself to leave her life to be with him and his life (literally and figuratively) ends.

 

The simple answer is because it is.

 

I don't really understand that. Sex, greed, adultery corruption, success and failure are crammed into what, 180 pages? There are gangsters, gambling, murders, and a guy with a mysterious past who throws lavish parties to meet a girl.

Modernism isn't for everyone, but the book has a lot, and Fitzgerald tells it in the ultimate evolution of his style. It's a period piece that transcends the period. It is the best American novel ever written.

 

Best? Meh.

 

Best. I can think of only 2 real rivals, and I just don't like Huck Finn that much. If you want to pick BTW Gatsby and Moby [penis] it is a pointless debate as both answers are right.

 

I'm five chapters in, and while the first three were rather bland, the last two have been excellent.

 

My junior year in high school I drew the task of reading moby [penis] for a book report. It's been 17 years and I still don't want to touch that book again.

 

Everyone always sleeps on The Tower Treasure.

 

Guess that's a book I don't need to read, now.

 

I'll take Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer over it

 

For the sake of something different, The Ambassadors.

 

Bold.

 

Daisy pisses me off

 

I've re-read it several times. You'd enjoy it.

 

Hemingway had turds that were more interesting. Death in the afternoon was better and that's non fiction. Sun also rises stands the test of time. Anything that has to have the "well that's was a sign of that time" disclaimer isn't a great piece of work IMO

 

Meh.

You're fighting a losing battle if you are trying to say Gatsby doesn't live up to its acclaim.

 

Hemingway's books weren't anymore exciting.