Gatsby really did suck guys.

[Anonymous No.11243670]

It's about time we stopped lying to ourselves /lit/, this book is garbage tier at best.

[Anonymous No.11244232]

>>11243670
I want to reply with a snarky comment but I can’t becuase you’re right.

[Anonymous No.11244241]

>>11243670
Why does it suck in your opinion?

[Anonymous No.11244246]

I've never read it. Is it just this book or is Fitzgerald a bad writer?

[Anonymous No.11244254]

>>11244246
Its shit tier boring with obvious symbolism

[Anonymous No.11244256]

>>11243670
The drunken apt scene where Nick is introspecting is perfect

[Anonymous No.11244259]

>>11243670
It really doesn't

[Anonymous No.11244266]

>>11243670
>American """literature"""
What did you expect?

[Anonymous No.11244271]

>>11243670
Accessibility doesn’t make something suck, and Fitzgerald is a great stylist

[Anonymous No.11244277]

>>11244246
What symbolism? I read it as a fun, little story and had a good time, but I'm not American so I didn't really care about any "hidden meaning"

[Anonymous No.11244280]

>>11244266
/thread

[Anonymous No.11244291]

>>11243670
It's about time you stopped lying to yourself OP, you are a pseud.

Yes, the Great Gatsby is not hard to grasp or challenging and has mass appeal, but it still is good literature. It deals with a lot of different subjects on many levels and can be read from many different angles and Fitzgerald's style of writing is also good.
It may only be a 6.5 or 7/10, but calling it garbage tier is just plain ridiculous and undifferentiated

[Anonymous No.11244293]

>>11243670
Wrong, go back to plebbit

[Anonymous No.11244445]

>>11243670
>tfw I was about to order it from amazon
should I or nay?

[Anonymous No.11244464]

>>11244445
You should. Don't listen to the psued. Decide for yourself its worth.

[Anonymous No.11244469]

>>11244445
Buy it if you want to.
Never let this shitty board dictate what you want to read.

[Anonymous No.11244794]

>>11243670
This.

[Anonymous No.11244864]

>>11243670
Dude it's just a fun little story. It's like a pop punk album, you're just supposed to have fun while consuming it chill out.

[Anonymous No.11244952]

>>11244445
Ignore OP, it's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.11244955]

>>11244266
>>11244280
Herman Melville is better than your favorite author.

[Anonymous No.11244958]

>>11244445
its probably good advice not to let this board or anything internet related really influence your real life decisions

[Anonymous No.11244972]

>>11244445
I felt that reading it was a waste of time when I finished it. The entire book I was waiting for the "good part" and then it was just over. The book isn't interesting, the characters aren't memorable, it's just a boring story about boring people where basically nothing actually happens.

[Anonymous No.11245237]

>>11244955
Pynchon is better pleb.

[Anonymous No.11245300]

>>11244955
not even american, he spoke like a brit lol

[Anonymous No.11245466]

[Anonymous No.11245675]

>>11244266
reminder that this poster unironically reads evola quote images

[Anonymous No.11245779]

>>11244972
I think perhaps it was just a bit above you’re reading level. Gatsby is one of the most interesting characters in American literature. The scenes describing when he first appears are amazing.

Grow up a little and try to read it again in a couple years

[Anonymous No.11245796]

>>11244445
>the irony in these replies

[Anonymous No.11245900]

>>11244254
>obvious symbolism
that's exactly why it's taught so widely, which i'm willing to bet is the reason your underage ass hates it so much

also LOL at effective symbolism (the signifier logically connects to that which is signified, WAOW) being a bad thing

whether/not the book is shit, you're fuckin dumb

[Anonymous No.11245916]

>>11245237
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i wrote my thesis on pynchon, and let me just say pynchon is the more stylistically talented author but moby dick blows gravity's rainbow, mason & dixon, against the day and everything else pynchon ever even considered writing outta the fuckin water

[Anonymous No.11245929]

>>11245916
>i wrote my thesis on pynchon
he thinks this is supposed to aggravate his position of authority lol

[Anonymous No.11246304]

i liked it. i thought it had a good story.

[Anonymous No.11246514]

>>11244246
High schoolers think they're smart for saying a classic is bad, angry that they're forced to read it.

[Anonymous No.11246519]

>>11244254
The only people who talk about the symbolism in Gatsby are sad English teachers and people who read Wikipedia summaries rather than the actual book.

[Anonymous No.11246628]

What the hell? It was beautiful. He describes mannerisms so well you can see the characters moving around. The themes and story were great. He captures Long Islander new-money culture perfectly. Only thing you could criticize is that the stupid bitch just runs into the fucking road like a retard. Gatsby's slow character reveal was 10/10. The ending was 10/10. The prose is just fine, maybe a little flowery for modern tastes but given the period it's just fine.
>>11244972
>nothing actually happens
An entire social group disbands, multiple families broken or displaced, two people die, and "nothing happens". Not enough car chases and explosions for you?
>aren't memorable
Gatsby is one of the most memorable characters in all of fiction.
>>11244445
It's god tier.

[Anonymous No.11246916]

>>11244445
It's a fine book, super heavy handed symbolically but he gets the job done and tells a nice little story

[Anonymous No.11248229]

>>11243670
Gatsby boiled down to its most basic elements:
> guy likes girl
> girl doesn't ackowledge guy's existence, she's out of his league
> he works his ass off to become much more successful than her, much more interesting than her, throws parties in attempts to entice her over
> he's really just a very depressed and empty shell of a man without her
> she's still way out of his league
> Gatsby fucking dies after getting fucked over by Tom Buchanan and Tom's affair and barely anybody comes over to Gatsby's funeral because nobody really cared about him

I really don't know how people don't empathise with Gatsby, this shit is heart breaking.

[Anonymous No.11248397]

>>11244277
Nice bait cuz

[Anonymous No.11248410]

>>11243670
I will die on the hill that is Gatsby. It's the greatest American novel of the 20th century - prove me wrong

[Anonymous No.11249487]

>kills of character in car crash
Pssh... nothin personnel.. old sport..

[Anonymous No.11249515]

>>11248229
fuck that sounds tragic af, not sure if I could read this book without thinking of my situation with the woman I want.

[Anonymous No.11249520]

>>11248229
>girl doesn't ackowledge guy's existence, she's out of his league
what are you talking about they date eachother as teenagers

[Anonymous No.11249685]

>>11243670

[Anonymous No.11249706]

>>11245300
>born in America
>spent most of his childhood in New York
>"hurr durr he spoke like a brit so he's british"
Are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.11249715]

>>11249706
it was a fucking b8 m8,
are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.11249719]

>>11249715
>I was just pretending to be retarded!

[Anonymous No.11249746]

>>11249715
lol r u serious? everyone knows he's american, he's the staple american writer, retard. if you can't detect b8 you're fucking braindead.

[Anonymous No.11249761]

>>11249719
lol r u serious? everyone knows he's american, he's the staple american writer, retard. if you can't detect b8 you're fucking braindead.

[Anonymous No.11250450]

fitzgerald was obviously not super adept concerning the symbolism/meaningfulness game, but as a prose stylist and a realist, few English writers compare.

[Anonymous No.11250720]

>>11244232