Classic F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Beautiful and Damned (Paperback)

from JVioland

I hereby give notice that I think F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most overrated writers of the twentieth century. The more I read of his works, the less I like him. Sure, he knows how to turn a phrase but he lacks what is essential to all truly good writers - how to make characters who appeal ...

from bibleblaster

Though I had a little trouble getting into it (couldn't quite tell whether Fitzgerald's tone was detached, sarcastic, ironic, or sympathetic), I ended up being quite taken with this look at a different sort of "beat" generation. I appreciated that Fitzgerald did not attempt to romanticize his sub...

from proustitute

This was an intriguing read, but overall a very uneven novel; the three books feel very different in tone and theme, almost as if Fitzgerald were juggling so many issues without the ability to bring them fully into a narrative cohesion. There's a lot going on here: evocations of Freud and how the...

from Stormrose

9/20. Good, not great. I love The Great Gatsby, and I think Fitzgerald is a brilliant author at the worst of times...and this is one of his less good books. Possibly because I've been reading too much about marriages falling apart. I do recommend it - I think there are some incandescant moments i...

from bookworm12

In 1913, a 25-year-old man, Anthony Patch, falls in love with a socialite named Gloria. The pair is ill-suited, neither one practical or hardworking, but their passionate love is based more on momentary infatuation than a long-lasting partnership. What follows is their marriage and then their ine...