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Title: Work of art
Review: I really liked this. It's short and simple, beautifully descriptive and carries within it the weight of great devotion and tragedy. It's a book one would call a work of art. I would read this for a taste of the fabulous lifestyle of the rich, decadent and charming in New York at the height of the Roaring 20s. Also, for Gatsby's utter devotion to a lost dream, the depth and the consequence of such a devotion.If anything, I felt the characters of Nick Carraway (narrator) and Jordan Baker weren't built up enough. Fitzgerald's method of description wasn't too much to my taste either. It was rather amusing when at one point, within the same conversation, he uses "inquired Jordan humorously ... said Jordan helpfully ... snorted Tom contemptuously ... demanded Jordan crossly".
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