tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post2227552298846254896..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1926, Penguin Classics)Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-2397660233109025282014-10-13T02:37:07.282+01:002014-10-13T02:37:07.282+01:00Rob, I have to say that this is one of those books...Rob, I have to say that this is one of those books that I've never been able to really get into either. Not in high school, which is maybe understandable, but also not when my reading group chose it a few years back either. We are very much in the minority on this one, I fear. But I thought I'd write and say you're not alone. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-25565820739146405172014-10-11T20:58:04.860+01:002014-10-11T20:58:04.860+01:00I suspect if I read it again I might get more out ...I suspect if I read it again I might get more out of it, but it didn't resonate with me particularly on this reading. Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-31583067590342489592014-10-11T09:36:16.348+01:002014-10-11T09:36:16.348+01:00I am with Yvette. This is to me a great book indee...I am with Yvette. This is to me a great book indeed. and I love Dr. Eckleberg.:)neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-14190302325117395442014-10-10T23:46:20.037+01:002014-10-10T23:46:20.037+01:00Hmmm, I seem to have used the word 'ultimate&#...Hmmm, I seem to have used the word 'ultimate' three times too many. Sorry about that. Got carried away. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-11684929418850466002014-10-10T23:44:41.720+01:002014-10-10T23:44:41.720+01:00We must agree to disagree, Rob, since THE GREAT GA...We must agree to disagree, Rob, since THE GREAT GATSBY is one of my favorite books of all time. <br /><br />Yes, the people and society created by Fritzgerald mostly leave us cold, but for me this is the ultimate 'be careful what you wish for' story. I can't ever help, in the end, feeling for 'Gatsby' whose obsession with a young woman hardly worth his time and devotion, ultimately destroys him. For me, Daisy Buchanan is one of the ultimate female villains: careless and cruel and unworthy of Gatsby. <br /><br />I've read THE GREAT GATSBY several times and I always get something out of it.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com