The Great Gatsby

For a reader, foreign to American history, especially the Jazz Age (the 1920s), this book would make much less sense. So don't skip the introduction about the same.

I never rated a classic 5 (except Pride and Prejudice), because it makes me feel dishonest. For a classic, this is a pretty good one, and you can finish it in a day.

The levels moral standards are well defined, and the narrator is a decent fellow as we can gather from his actions in the first few chapters, so we tend to resonate with his opinions in the later chapter.

The characters of Tom Buchanan and Mr. Gatsby were developed beautifully, but I couldn't care less about the women. What was the purpose of Jordan's character?

Tom Buchanan was presented as an unlikable guy, from the beginning itself, so the further statements about him just added beautifully to the picture, it was heartwarming.

Maybe the gender roles were so messed up that I didn't care about it. The fight between Tom and Gatsby about who Daisy loved, did not seem to involve Daisy's opinion. Daisy's a character to which stuff happened to. She didn't move through time, time moved through her. And of all the sh*t and roses flying around a few stuck on to her.

The first few chapters built up to too much, and the ending sorta flattened out.

Reading experience was good, the humor and the foreshadowing.

I'd suggest it if you have a few hours to kill, for the thoughts of the narrator, that you can relate to, than for the storyline as such.