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evil_spock
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18-29
Western US
Joined: 8 yrs, 7 mos ago
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 2:39:51 AM EST (GMT-5)
I'm reading this for school, but I'm having a little trouble getting into the story. I've seen the movie, and it was fair, but the book is a bit duller than the movie. Has anyone else read this book? Did you like it?
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 2:54:05 AM EST (GMT-5)
"the book is a bit duller than the movie" No, no, no, no, no, no. No, it's not. "Did you like it?"
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes, it's possibly my favourite book... ever....  |
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 3:01:03 AM EST (GMT-5)
NO!
NEVER DULL!
NOT DULL AT ALL!
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 10:33:08 AM EST (GMT-5)
I loved the book and don't recall finding it dull; however, we did read it after A Farewell to Arms, and I hated Hemingway's style. I may just have been glad to get back to a style I enjoyed more.
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PORPOISE
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18-29
Southern US
Joined: 9 yrs ago
12,973 Posts
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 10:54:47 AM EST (GMT-5)
I hated this book, although I did prefer it to the movie. There was nothing interesting about either the book or the movie.
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caseytrz
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Southern US
Joined: 10 yrs, 10 mos ago
861 Posts
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 3/28/05 - 6:22:34 PM EST (GMT-5)
i liked it. the book was better than the movie simply for fitxgerald's lyrical prose. beautiful language in some parts, although young robert redford wasn't too difficult to look at....
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 4/4/05 - 9:25:01 PM EST (GMT-5)
J' the Great Gatsby. (I'm secretly trying to push all the Harry Potter threads off the first page) |
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katethegreat
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Midwest US
Joined: 11 yrs, 9 mos ago
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 4/4/05 - 11:28:27 PM EST (GMT-5)
keep reading, you'll probably find that the book gets less dull.
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Tuesday 4/5/05 - 1:09:16 AM EST (GMT-5)
It's good, the movie was pooe!
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 10:54:14 PM EST (GMT-5)
Great book, so much symbolism in this book its amazing! The watching eyes billboard and the greenlight across the water, ugh! everything its amazing! the movie does NOT do it justice
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:08:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
I do love this book, it's the quintessential book from my favorite era. The symbols are great, the characters are amazing, the party scene is hilarious. Remember when that guy is drunk and the wheel falls off his car, and someone says "Your wheel fell off!" and he looks up. Oh, funny. |
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:10:21 PM EST (GMT-5)
And is every school assigning this book right now? I'm reading it too for my English class.
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:10:58 PM EST (GMT-5)
lol oh yes. its been a while since i read the book, i should read iot again. i know everyone seems to just love Daisy, but i dont think i can stand her to be honest, she drives me crazy most of the time
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:11:48 PM EST (GMT-5)
itd part of the grade 11 University level English course in Ontario, i wouldnt know about anywhere else. thats when i read it...wow that was over two years ago now...
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:12:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
*its
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:15:22 PM EST (GMT-5)
No one loves Daisy, you loon! She's the evil one!'
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:21:19 PM EST (GMT-5)
haha i know but everyone in my english class loved her
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:21:37 PM EST (GMT-5)
i never understood why she drives me insane
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:33:37 PM EST (GMT-5)
She's supposed to. She's bad.
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Sunday 4/17/05 - 11:49:34 PM EST (GMT-5)
I hated Daisy once. Then I liked her. Then I changed my mind. Then I changed it back. I'm undecided right now.
I think I'd like to like her, just to be different, but in the end, I don't. I like Jordan best.
She's like a breath of Fresh Air. |
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8 yrs ago, 1 mos ago - Monday 4/18/05 - 1:12:39 PM EST (GMT-5)
ya Jordans alright. i like Gatsby the most, he has a lot of negative aspects to him, but everything he did he did out of his love for Daisy
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8 yrs ago - Sunday 4/24/05 - 3:03:05 AM EST (GMT-5)
I can't stand Gatsby.
Well,
I can stand him.
But I'd like to bop him on the head.
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Bacon1
Female,
18-29
Southern US
Joined: 8 yrs, 3 mos ago
100 Posts
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8 yrs ago - Monday 4/25/05 - 2:54:28 PM EST (GMT-5)
I had to read this for english...I hate to admit it was actually good.
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8 yrs ago - Tuesday 4/26/05 - 2:44:05 AM EST (GMT-5)
Why do you hate to admit it was good?
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