My rating: 4/5 stars
Reading this felt like studying the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: it’s a look at what life is like when you live for pleasure alone. It’s bleak. But Fitzgerald’s characters are so vibrant and his language is beautiful without being distracting, so this was enjoyable for me to read, even though I was essentially watching from behind my fingers, waiting for this couple to crash in what felt like an inevitable train wreck. The ending took me by surprise, but actually it was perfectly fitting and more poignant than what I was expecting.
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