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Title: I *wanted* to like it...
Review: The Great Gatsby, frankly, was not that great. Maybe I'm not ready for it yet, I don't know (I had to read it for English class). Fitzgerald's writing was very vague. At times, a novel calls for vague writing, and it works. In this case, it did not. He just skimmed over the important parts and honed in on pointless details. The entire book had a very ghostly quality; I always felt like something was there, but it was mostly undetectable. Still, it has its good points - I liked the way Fitzgerald protrayed Gatsby's fair-weather friends, and the tragic ending that could be compared to a Shakespearean tragedy, when no one is left but the narrator :). I'm not entirely sure what to make of this book, I think I'll read it again in a few years. Until then, I shall be mystified by those who gave this book 5 stars, and rename the book "The Okay Gatsby".
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