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To: needmorePaine

Gatsby is one of the three most over rated books in American history. The others being Catcher In The Rye and anything by Ernest Hemingway.


38 posted on 05/07/2013 12:56:53 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker

Hey, a kindred spirit! I agree on all three.


48 posted on 05/07/2013 1:14:56 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Lurker

Including his suicide?


49 posted on 05/07/2013 1:19:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Lurker
Gatsby is one of the three most over rated books in American history. The others being Catcher In The Rye and anything by Ernest Hemingway.

I always thought that saying something was "overrated" was a simplistic criticism. It's the gripe for people who have more trouble with the acclaim than with the work itself, and it allows people to say "I don't like it" without sounding quite so superficial.

That being said, Catcher in the Rye is overrated.

I'll have to agree to disagree with you on the Hemingway.
56 posted on 05/07/2013 1:37:08 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: Lurker

GMTA


57 posted on 05/07/2013 1:39:32 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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