Comments on: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: J.T. Oldfield

J.T. Oldfield — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:13:04 +0000

Biblio Brat: I’m still determined to finish my list from the banned book challenge, even if September is over…however, I’m finding it a bit slow-going.

Nymeth: Amend! Amend!

Jenners: This is my favorite cover for it, too. The one I have is way different ’cause it’s so old, but I like this one better–very decadent, very sad.

Rebecca Reid: I hate it when that happens!

Nicole: I guess that goes with the theory that you will like or not like certain books based on the time in your life that you read them.

Jenna: OMG yes!!!!! I was actually (somewhat drunkenly) telling some friends about it and enthusiastically described it as a soap opera. Oh, but um, drinking is bad…

Claire: I don’t know. This was his first novel of his that I read, but I read some of his short stories in college. Babylon Revisited is excellent.

Ben: LOL, thanks for that. Did you make that up on the spot?

Rebecca: Why thank you!!! Are you back now?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:03:23 +0000

I like you more and more each day, J.T.! You know, Gatsby is one of my favorite books. In fact, it is the first classic that I fell in love with. I think I was the only one in my high school class that adored it!

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:25:00 +0000

I’m with Nicole. I read it in high-school, and felt it so-so. Then I reread it in college and LOVED IT. Ha, I actually just wrote a little poem that hinges entirely on the reader having read the book, but I figured it was one that most had.

Love
Is it serious?
As serious as a party.
Have you read The Great Gatsby?

By: claire

claire — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:47:58 +0000

I had never read this in high school either (well, because it was in Asia), but have read it a few months ago and loved it. Really excellent book. I’m actually saving his other books for when I’m done with this year’s challenges. Are you planning to read more by him soon?

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:27:44 +0000

I read this book a month ago for summer reading for my AP Language and Composition class. Did you get the feeling that it was just a really well-written soap opera. Seriously, all the cheating and murders felt like something I’d witness if I turned on General Hospital or All My Children. I did like it though, it kept my attention.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:01:07 +0000

You know, you might not have missed much by not reading it in high school. I read it in high school and didn’t like it, but I have re-read it since and found that it improved with time.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:14:53 +0000

I loved this book in high school, but I don’t remember a whole lot now. I think it’s time for a revisit!

By: Jenners

Jenners — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:57:50 +0000

I love that you have “my” cover of the book — the one that I was used to and prefer to see. I think it is such a great cover. And I did read this in school — at least twice — and remember liking it but I wonder now if I would “get” it.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:37 +0000

You know, somehow I haven’t either! I really need to amend that,

By: The Biblio Brat

The Biblio Brat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:59:56 +0000

I think saying what you feel in your own words, regardless of how they form or are conveyed, means much more than spewed automoton rhetoric. So on that note, well done.

I will be adding this to the list over on my blog.

Thanks for participating!