Overall, this was a good book. It's about Nick Carraway, who lives in a small house sandwiched between huge, elegant, mansions on Long Island in the roaring 1920's. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, hosts massive parties on the weekends, hoping that the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan, will happen to stop by. She's now married, and lives just across the bay, in an equally huge mansion. The book is beautifully written, and chronicles the lives of rich New Yorkers in the 20's; which involves lot's of partying, drinking, and partying. It's a very interesting book to read, it's also a classic. However, I might not have understood everything that was happening if I hadn't seen the movie, (which followed the book very well) I enjoyed reading the book, but like I said, it was mostly because I'd seen the movie. While this book is definitely worth reading, you might as well just wait until High School, where it will probably be assigned reading; it is just kind-of difficult to read, and not super exciting. But good.
My TBR list:
Divergent
Eleanor and Park
The Night Circus
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Maiden Voyage
Flygirl
The Green Glass Seas
The Great Gatsby is one of those books that i hear about a lot, but don't actually know what it's about. Thanks for the explanation! I'll try to read it.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn more about it but it sounds really good! thanks
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