tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post206000672689400743..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (again)Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-91874708465180705522017-07-06T08:30:10.713-04:002017-07-06T08:30:10.713-04:00Thanks, R.T. The ending makes me sad too, with th...Thanks, R.T. The ending makes me sad too, with the hollowness of everyone's lives exposed. I have to be in the right mood for it as well.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-50960163646537286202017-07-05T15:42:21.045-04:002017-07-05T15:42:21.045-04:00I very much like your fine review of Fitzgerald...I very much like your fine review of Fitzgerald's novel. I have read it several times, appreciating the novel more each time, but I always finished it being quite saddened. Perhaps that says more about me than the novel. Your posting, BTW, has me thinking about reading the novel again, but I will wait until I am in the right frame of mind, prepared to be saddened again. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-72489024632968881972017-07-03T18:17:05.141-04:002017-07-03T18:17:05.141-04:00Thank you for participating, Dale! I really enjoy...Thank you for participating, Dale! I really enjoyed this one. <br /><br />I've set Corrigan aside to concentrate on finishing Churchwell because I liked Corrigan's book so much, I bought a copy, but Churchwell's will be due at the library eventually. I haven't read all of "Absolution" yet, actually, but I'll pop over to see what you say about it anyway :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-62837867676235105762017-07-03T14:51:41.249-04:002017-07-03T14:51:41.249-04:00Thank you for hosting this read-along! It was grea...Thank you for hosting this read-along! It was great! I just read Fitzgerald's short story "Absolution". According to Corrigan, it's one of the short stories that some consider to be a forerunner to The Great Gatsby. It was a great story, but I'm wondering which character became Gatsby? I think there's more than one choice. Here is my post about it: https://mirrorwithclouds.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/f-scott-fitzgerald-absolution-deal-me-in-2017-week-27/Dalehttp://www.mirrorwithclouds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-9500202845160462652017-07-02T08:29:51.855-04:002017-07-02T08:29:51.855-04:00Thank you, Emma! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :...Thank you, Emma! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-7030767219963033832017-06-30T22:40:31.007-04:002017-06-30T22:40:31.007-04:00I absolutely LOVED this read-along! Thank you for ...I absolutely LOVED this read-along! Thank you for hosting, Hamlette, you did a spectacular job :)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601173525611502671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-18241568605829389072017-06-30T21:06:46.335-04:002017-06-30T21:06:46.335-04:00Livia, I'm glad you understand that -- some pe...Livia, I'm glad you understand that -- some people are like, "How can you like Hemingway? His stories are awful!" and I'm all, "But I don't like him for the stories he tells, I like him for the way he tells them." <br /><br />Good for you for trying this book again when you disliked it. And thank you for explaining! I had really been thinking, "Why is Livia going to all the trouble of participating in a read-along for a book she doesn't even like?" It's not something I would do, so thank you for this, as I understand a little better now.<br /><br />And I agree it's important to not always read things we like. or things that are light and fluffy and fun, or things that are exactly like what we always read. Growing is important!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-36722270776268332032017-06-30T09:58:10.801-04:002017-06-30T09:58:10.801-04:00I understand liking a book for the writing not lov...I understand liking a book for the writing not loving the characters or not many of the characters. I've done that before (George Eliot novels) but rarely. But not this book. I'm sorry if I was so negative. That is just how I feel about this (and I find it easier to say why I dislike things than to describe why I like things which is frustrating as I lapse into dithering ditsy-ness over things I like). I tried it once, disliked it, tried it again, despised it. I do like the read along forum; it certainly pushed me to think about things. We can't just read what we like always, and its fun to discuss books (hard to discuss boring ones) whether we like them or not. Livia Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755623391278276925noreply@blogger.com