Nick Carraway (the first person protagonist in this book) tells us about his dealings with the mysteriously rich Jay Gatsby. Gatsby tells Nick about his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, and his wishes, his obsession, to reunite with her. But Daisy, Nick’s distant cousin, is married to Tom Buchanan, a former Yale football player and one of Nick’s acquaintances from Yale. Tom has an affair with Myrtle, the wife of a mechanic, in New York City. Gatsby tries to dazzle Daisy with his wealth and the two start having an affair.
I really wanted to love this book, but I really didn’t. I can understand the appeal, however, I didn’t like Gatsby, or Daisy…
Read for the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2025
Prompt 44: A book you have always avoided reading
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