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so-soWhile I thought the book itself was a good story about a man named Nick, I unfortunately could not make a connection to Nick Carraway. It's disappointing for me because I love the Great Gatsby - one of my favourite books - and I came to this book excited. I won't go so far as to say this was a bad read though, because if you can separate it from Nick Carraway, I thought it was a good read.
Next up. I can't remember how I came across this book. I want to say it was through my university's young alumni book club. In any event, what drew me in was that this a retelling of one of my favourite books, and I had really enjoyed James, which was a retelling of The Adventures of Huck Finn. I am excited to dig in, but a little nervous because The Great Gatsby is one of my favourites - expectations are high! #BookTwentyThreeOf2025
A heavy morning fog draped across Paris and there was the corner Cafe.
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bailedI hate this book with such a burning passion. Farris appropriates the Great Gatsby because he isn‘t creative or talented enough to write something original.
One of my fav things about Gatsby is the narrator (Nick) making biting comments while watching the absurd & dislikable characters around him. This “prequel“ still has dislikable characters, but since it's third person we miss out on Nick's witticism. Also I didn't read much about the storyline before diving in, and I'm just not a fan of war fiction.
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panNick from The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite characters ever so this book had a lot to live up to in my eyes. Even still I saw no connection between this Nick and my Nick. I didn‘t like this at all.
panAs a stand-alone book with original characters, this would be fine. But there is little resemblance of the Nick in Gatsby and this Nick. It's only in the last 2 or 3 pages did it seem to be the same character and the evolution in those 3 pages isn't enough for me to feel like this is actually a prequel to The Great Gatsby and not just taking advantage of an already known character.
Finished during #20in4
so-soOh Nick! I'm not sure what I was hoping for with this one, but I think I might have hyped it up too much in my mind. Don't get me wrong this is very well written and an excellent prequel to The Great Gatsby considering its a different author entirely. I guess I thought it was going to go somewhere it didn't. 🤷♀️
#bookspinbingo - Library Loan #24 #readtheusa2021- LA #JumpStart2021- published in January
Just ordered this book. The story of Nick Carraway, from The Great Gatsby. Have any of you read it? What did you think?
This book just came out this week and I am SO HERE FOR IT! Does that cover look familiar? That's because this is a prequel to one of my favorite books of all time - The Great Gatsby! I have such high hopes for it! 😍💕📚
My other favorite authors have books coming out in the public domain this year- Hemingway and Woolf particularly! BRING ON THE MRS DALLOWAY SPINOFFS! 💖
What in the world is this
A Gatsby sequel focusing on Nick Carraway? Ummm.... yes, please! Immediately added to my Amazon wishlist to be purchased when it comes out.
so-soI wanted so much to love this Gatsby prequel. I liked it as a MFS novel, but not so much as a Gatsby related novel. I just didn‘t buy this Nick as the Nick we see in Gatsby. #ARC #Edelweiss
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