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A review by danadoesbooks
Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
Thank you to BiblioLifestyle and Harper Perennial for the gifted copy of Beautiful Little Fools! All opinions in this review are my own.
SYNOPSIS
Jay Gatsby is murdered in August 1922. George Wilson's body is found not too far away. This should be an open and shut case, but when a diamond hairpin is found at the scene, Detective Frank Charles can't help feeling like there is more to the story.
REVIEW
The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books and this book sounded amazing. However, I am DNFing it at 122 pages.
A lot of this decision had to do with my own expectations. I thought Beautiful Little Fools would take place mainly after Gatsby's murder, but after a quick introductory chapter, we go back to 1917 when Daisy first met Gatsby. While I was still pretty interested in the beginning, I've now realized that I just don't care about Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker. I never really liked them in the original novel so to read an entire novel focused just on them isn't working for me.
SYNOPSIS
Jay Gatsby is murdered in August 1922. George Wilson's body is found not too far away. This should be an open and shut case, but when a diamond hairpin is found at the scene, Detective Frank Charles can't help feeling like there is more to the story.
REVIEW
The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books and this book sounded amazing. However, I am DNFing it at 122 pages.
A lot of this decision had to do with my own expectations. I thought Beautiful Little Fools would take place mainly after Gatsby's murder, but after a quick introductory chapter, we go back to 1917 when Daisy first met Gatsby. While I was still pretty interested in the beginning, I've now realized that I just don't care about Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker. I never really liked them in the original novel so to read an entire novel focused just on them isn't working for me.