The Great Gatsby is another of those books I felt I should have read long ago. It's referred to frequently in pop culture, and many people claim it's their favorite book. Admittedly, it fell a bit short of my favorites list, but that may be partially because I was under the impression that it had a happy ending. And it doesn't.
Overall, I really enjoyed this short classic, though. It's a love story gone wrong. There are two primary couples, tangled up in affairs, a couple of onlookers, and of course Gatsby, who has been head over heels in love with Daisy Buchanan (now married to Tom) for years. Gatsby's love is a picture of devotion (he has several opportunities to save his own name by implicating Daisy, but he protects her instead) and, possibly, obsession (he moved to an estate across the bay from Daisy's home so he could keep an eye out for her).
In the back of the book, I read the publisher's notes, and found them extremely interesting as well, as they explained the cover art (I have always wondered what the cover "meant") and gave insights into Fitzgerald's own somewhat tragic life and how this book came to be.
The Great Gatsby is short enough that I would recommend it as a "must read" for those who enjoy classics, but it still doesn't make my Top 10 classics list, if that means anything to you.
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