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My Great Gatsby Failure (twice) - King Bob - 04-25-2017
I've tried to read this book twice. The first time, right after the Baz Luhrman movie came out, I got about two pages in. This time I made it through the first chapter. I just can't do it. I found his style slightly annoying, and reading it felt like a chore. So I gave up. Again. So I wonder if any of you think it's the great book that people say.
FAIL - Drunk Monk - 04-25-2017
My daughter had to read it for school. Maybe we need to assign homework for you next time?
RE: My Great Gatsby Failure (twice) - King Bob - 04-25-2017
Maybe. Once I would have been compelled to finish once I got started, but now that I'm in the back half of my life, I feel no need to finish all the books I start.
On the other hand, sometimes you have to pick up the book at the right time. The first time I tried to read Jane Eyre I couldn't really get going, but when I came back to it I was reading it compulsively and really enjoyed it.
RE: My Great Gatsby Failure (twice) - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 04-25-2017
Overrated. Should be The *Meh* Gatsby. I'll take Hemingway over Fitzgerald. I'll take Cormac McCarthy over any American author, living or dead.
(It will be interesting to see what kind of push-back I get for that statement)