reread "The Great Gatsby"

and I’ve been reflecting on the story today. It makes me want to keep looking forward and not stress about what’s in the past.

I haven’t read it in several years so I figure its time to pick it up again. The story is timeless and the tone of the narration is beautiful.

At least now I can better articulate why I didn’t like it much. The narrative voice is not interesting to me. I understand the mystique of Gatsby and what makes him great. I appreciate the character that he is, a person brought down by the same things that build him up.

I read it in high school and I know I didn’t really appreciate it. I want to re-read it to see if I have a different view of it now.

I got the audio book from Itunes, and the reading is fantastic. Dramatic, but not over the top at all. The story is so great, it really gives you a feel for that time period and is a true classic.

This is my favorite book. I read it every summer. The hot summer days and fun/ecentric parties seem to come alive. And the lasting passion and self-betterment for someone you love is awe-inspiring even if not perfect. The more you read it the more you will want to read it again.

First time I ever read it was when I was in high school. What a GREAT book!!! No matter how many times I’ve read it and even seen the movie it still impacts me just as deeply. Just a truly spectacular novel.

“I wanted to go out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each I tried to go I became entangledin some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” “The Great Gatsby”