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Title: gatsby overrated,but Fitzgerald's stlye exhilarating
Review: The Great Gatsby is one of the most overrated books I've ever had the displeasure to read.Don't get me wrong their is stuff to enjoy in the book like F.Scott's rich and simple style and syntax, but the book lacks in other areas. The main one being that the book accomplished it's purpose.That is to show the lifestyle's of the rich that lived in the 20's and Gatsby's obsession wiht Daisy.And it was obsession not love.The problem with the above achievements is that the lifestyles of these people including Gatsby are so incredibly dull it makes for very little interest in the overall story.Also Fitz's choice of having a narrator as opposed to Gatsby's view made for even more yawning.The narration distanced me from Gatsby's obsession toward bland assessments by an outside presence(Nick).If you want to read a good book about obssession read Lolita.
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