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xennicole's Reviews (2.27k)
I read this in 2ish hours, because I knew the story already.
I enjoy F. Scott Fitzgerald writing, his personal life is up to debate, but without him being him, there wouldn't be The Great Gatsby and the other works. I get what FSF was trying to do with his works, showing the downside of the American Dream and the pros and cons of chasing an idea that we all can be great. He was writing what he knows because he lived through it and all the drama on the pages were more or less the drama in his marriage to Zelda or to those close to him.
Sara Benincasa's book is faithful to TGG. Of course, it is modern day and twists the theme slightly with the gender roles in reverse and in Lesbian relationship of Jacinta Trimalchio (original name for Gatsby btw)and Delilah Fairweather, which works and still is able to show and portray what FSF was conveying in TGG. It is faithful to the events of TGG and you could read them side by side and there is not much difference. Much like the modern retelling of Sherlock Holme's in BBC's Sherlock and the original, it is faithful while making it modern. I recommend.
If you were not a fan of TGG, you will more than likely not like this modern version.
I enjoy F. Scott Fitzgerald writing, his personal life is up to debate, but without him being him, there wouldn't be The Great Gatsby and the other works. I get what FSF was trying to do with his works, showing the downside of the American Dream and the pros and cons of chasing an idea that we all can be great. He was writing what he knows because he lived through it and all the drama on the pages were more or less the drama in his marriage to Zelda or to those close to him.
Sara Benincasa's book is faithful to TGG. Of course, it is modern day and twists the theme slightly with the gender roles in reverse and in Lesbian relationship of Jacinta Trimalchio (original name for Gatsby btw)and Delilah Fairweather, which works and still is able to show and portray what FSF was conveying in TGG. It is faithful to the events of TGG and you could read them side by side and there is not much difference. Much like the modern retelling of Sherlock Holme's in BBC's Sherlock and the original, it is faithful while making it modern. I recommend.
If you were not a fan of TGG, you will more than likely not like this modern version.
I got bored and ignored it for a while. Picked it up again and got bored all over again, but read through because I wanted to know if Lulu was alive.
Good basic overview. Wished the author spent more times on the crimes and on the authors. But it was a good overview.
I thought it was an okay book. There were sections I like and felt were short and then were sections that were long and I started to skim. Maybe I was not in the right mood to read it. It was good.
This book was the First Reads win.
This book contains the important documents that are attributed to Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid the First Female Saint in Ireland and Saint Brendan adventures on the seas.
There is enough information in the intro to give a reader a sense of what they are reading. Nothing too deep or long. I would have prefered more info, but Philip Freeman has also written a book on Saint Patrick, which explains the little information here. This is more about the primary documents that Ireland holds dear when it comes to their Christian faith.
It was good, informative and short. Even though it is titled "The World of Saint Patrick" about only half of the pages are about him. The other is about Saint Brigid and Saint Brendan.
If you want to know about three Saints and the documents/stories of their faith and miracles then this book fulfills.
This book contains the important documents that are attributed to Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid the First Female Saint in Ireland and Saint Brendan adventures on the seas.
There is enough information in the intro to give a reader a sense of what they are reading. Nothing too deep or long. I would have prefered more info, but Philip Freeman has also written a book on Saint Patrick, which explains the little information here. This is more about the primary documents that Ireland holds dear when it comes to their Christian faith.
It was good, informative and short. Even though it is titled "The World of Saint Patrick" about only half of the pages are about him. The other is about Saint Brigid and Saint Brendan.
If you want to know about three Saints and the documents/stories of their faith and miracles then this book fulfills.