IamSithCats t1_itye7w5 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:32 AM

Gatsby is either my 2nd or 3rd least favorite book I've ever read (behind The Catcher in the Rye and maybe also The Elegance of the Hedgehog I can't decide).

We read Gatsby in my AP English class in high school and analyzed it to death. I hated it then and my opinion has not changed in the last couple decades. Sure, it's packed full of symbolism and all that, but I think it's frightfully dull and doesn't have anywhere near as many interesting things to say as critics and English teachers would have me believe.

Olorin_Ever-Young t1_iu0dpvw wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:56 PM

Out of curiosity, have you seen the Leonardo DiCaprio movie? Because I completely agree with your assessment of the book, but think the movie conversely nailed everything the book was awkwardly trying and failing to convey. The themes absolutely glow in the movie, radiant and mesmerizing, while the book plods along, tripping over its own plot and glossing over everything important.