I found myself quite confused while reading this 'classic'. I am of the "I never had to read it in high school" camp, so this was a first time around for me. I'll give 5 stars for subject matter: unrequited love, affairs, wild parties, money-is no-object getaways, aliases, bootlegging, murder, fall from grace...this book has it all! What it did not have for me was a sensical writing style. I would read; then re-read a passage several times, and still not understand what just happened or why. Was my e-book missing a page? Then it happened again. and again. Gatsby would tell Nick something. Nick would tell the reader only 1/2 of the something & it all just left me scratching my head. In this case, I look forward to the movie, where maybe I can make some sense of the style, "old sport".
3 stars overall
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