Is it just me or was the book ridiculous and depressing?
It isn’t just you.
And the mere fact that the film stars Leonardo DiCrapio and was directed by Baz Luhrman would keep me from seeing it even if I did like the book.
Not as depressing as DiCaprio..
It’s a tragedy so ‘depressing’ depends on the context.
The story is ridiculous and depressing.
Somehow looks like they have the female lead character right (Daisy?). Also DeCaprio does a good job looking like a gangster on the cover. Expected it to look laughable but I think DeCaprio does a great job actually. Maybe his hair stylist helped him accomplish the look. Maybe those poker games he was reportedly playing in helped him here.
One can't portray the rich and prosperous as happy and productive people, you know.
For a better (IMO) novel of that time, I recommend “The Old Bunch” by Meyer Levin.
For a general sense of the era (and a rollicking good read to boot), you can’t get much better than “Only Yesterday: A Social History of the 1920s” by Frederick Lewis Allen.
I never cared for it. I read it once, and I swear all I remember was that I think someone drowned and I think someone was hit by a car. But I’m not sure and I don’t care enough to read it again.
ITA Read it in HS and it was simply BORING.
I like some of Fitzgerald’s other stuff - he wrote some fine essays and the Pat Hobby stories are fun. But Gatsby bored the crap outta me.
Not just you. The book was ridiculous & depressing- & I found it repulsive.
Why this dog (sorry, pooches, no offense meant) keeps being resurrected every decade is beyond me.