A review by imrehg
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.0

It's amazing how well an atmosphere is created, like a picture drawn, like little fragments of film projected on a clean white wall, by just a few words and expressions. The whole book passes so quickly like a dream, though it might be rather a nightmare for most people concerned. Like a panopticum of unfinished conversations, everything is so light, but that lightness also makes it incredibly heavy, since people can imagine almost everything behind it. Most of it is untrue, misunderstanding or even lies, but for most of the time it all doesn't matter. Just the consequences.

A haunting book for me, half of it is so playful, half of it is so dark. Makes me think what am I doing with my past, is there something I'm chasing which I shouldn't?