Just Finished Reading The Great Gatsby

[gothrockrulz]

I think I'll just curl up in a corner and cry. What a gorgeous, lavish, heartbreaking book. It'll take a few days just to soak everything up, short book thought it is.

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[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

I think you have to be a teenager to enjoy Rye, for the same reason that most teenagers enjoy Hamlet-- it's effing ANGSTY.

But yeah, the shallow, arrogant, superficial characters made it hard. Everyone on AW goes on and on about the gorgeous language and imagery, which I get, but I just don't care about any of those people. I think Baz Luhrmann is the perfect guy to direct it though. He'll make it gorgeous.

[xerinmichellex.livejournal.com]

I *love* Hamlet. One because Emilie Autumn draws a lot of inspiration from the Ophelia character. Most importantly, Hamlet is this psychological trip. The angst doesn't really hold my attention; but trying to figure out and dissect whether or not Hamlet's lost his marbles--at any point in the story--is fascinating. Plus, I like that everyone dies at the end. /promise I'm not a sociopath /maybe