Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

I believe Zelda would be proud. And doesn't she deserve that? I have so many emotions and it's hard to process those into words. This novel was sad, sweet, moving, and so many more adjectives that I can't find right now. The author did a magnificent job at putting fact together with fictionalized details. I would say that it's not far from the truth and it did a great service to Zelda.

This was a book that had been on my list for a really long time, and it was obvious to me as soon as I started reading it that I'd actually grown past this phase as a reader. I would much rather read an actual biography at this point than a fictionalized one. Perhaps for this reason, it didn't do much for me. I didn't find Zelda herself all that compelling, and while her actual relationship with Scott was fascinating, it flattens here into high spirited wife v. controlling alcoholic husband in a way that's just not very interesting.