Readiton team’s Comments (group member since May 11, 2013)

Readiton team’s comments from the Readiton group.

Hi! We hope you've enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby with Readiton, whether it was the first time you'd read it or just the latest reading in a long line of re-readings.

Some questions for you - you can answer however many you want:

1) Did you like the book? If you had to pick out one thing you liked, and one you didn't, what would they be?
2) Just based on the title, what did you expect of Gatsby's character before reading? Did your idea of him align at all with the Gatsby written by Fitzgerald? If not, why?
3) Do you find the title fitting to the story? How so? What do you think of the use of the adjective 'great' to qualify Gatsby?
4) What did you think of the story being narrated by Nick Carraway? Why do you think Fitzgerald chose to write the story like this?
5) Were you expecting this ending? If you weren't, what had you been expecting? Why do you think Fitzgerald made this choice?
6) What are your opinions on the relationships between characters? What do you think of their motives?
7) What do you think of the use of symbols throughout the story? How do they complete the storyline?
8) Have you seen the movie adaptation yet? If yes, what did you think of it? Was it truthful to the book, in your opinion? How do you feel about the use of modern music, for instance? Did the modernization of it bothered you? If you haven't seen it, do you plan to? If not, why?
9) And finally - before reading 'The Great Gatsby', had you ever read anything else by the same author? Do you plan on reading more by Fitzgerald?

And to conclude, I leave you with the thoughts of Honorary Doctor John Green: http://dft.ba/-jgtgg.

Thank you for taking part in our first bookweek, and we look forward to reading The Fault in Our Stars with you from next week!

It's Wednesday!
This means it's the middle of our first bookweek.

It's time to exchange currently-reading opinions on The Great Gatsby, expectations for the rest of the book, and just random reflexions.
This is not an organized discussion, just drop here thoughts about the book and don't hesitate to use this topic to talk about your reading experiences with other members!

PLEASE KEEP SPOILERS TO A VERY MINIMUM AND HIDE THEM.
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