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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Sorry, Gatsby just doesn't do it for me. I found it so pointless. But then don't ask me about Jane Austen either. It took Zombies to get me to read P&P and even then I was kind of thinking "why would I bother with this except for the zombies?" It only supported my dislike.
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Austen and the Bronte sisters can retroactively invent flight so they can plummet into the ocean together, so I agree with you there. (And Boston University claims I'm qualified to speak on this matter, so F YOU pre-Victorian lit) And so that it's not all females, Nathaniel Hawthorne can be the steward on that flight into the abyss.
The pointlessness of the Great Gatsby is part of the author's intent, so if it's a turnoff, then obviously that's going to affect greatly your enjoyment - and let's face it, literature is amazingly subjective, so it's all good.