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by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Redhead Reading
Redhead Reading rated it 8 years ago
Honestly, I was soooo bored with this. I didn't care about the characters at all.
TheBrainintheJar
TheBrainintheJar rated it 9 years ago
The same warning signs that told me Frog Music is an abomination appear again. The first sentence is stiff. We spend a whole page setting a scene, but the atmosphere isn’t interesting. I know France is an exotic, exciting place. This cliche was boring the first time I read it. Characters appear, and...
Calyre
Calyre rated it 10 years ago
Contrairement aux amants, ils n'avaient pas de passé. Contrairement aux époux, ils n'avaient pas d'avenir.
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 10 years ago
Tender is the Night was published January through April, 1934. As an exercise in understanding, I am going to list a few things that were happening in 1933 through 1935 in the United States (per wikipedia): The U.S. was in the midst of a deep depression. 25% of the workforce was unemployed. FDR im...
An Excellent Library
An Excellent Library rated it 11 years ago
Review coming soon at http://excellentlibrary.wordpress.com/
EndaF
EndaF rated it 11 years ago
The story was tragic and the prose was so pleasant to read. Fitzgerald matured massively as a writer since The Great Gatsby.
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 11 years ago
If it wasn't for the fact that I was reading this for a bookgroup it would have gone back to the library days ago but I decided to persevere and it was an interesting intellectual exercise. But I didn't enjoy the experience. Maybe I'm shallow, maybe I'm jaded, but it just wasn't my kind of book. W...
KOMET
KOMET rated it 12 years ago
Fresh from seeing the latest film version of 'The Great Gatsby' last month, I suddenly was filled with an anxious, eager curiosity to learn more about the "flapper era" of the 1920s and to read a book from F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hence I bought this novel."Tender is the Night" is divided into 3 books...
Book On The Move
Book On The Move rated it 12 years ago
Tender is the Night brings to life a man named Dick Diver, and a large cast of characters. Filled with lush language as always, this is another one of Fitzgerald's great works─unfortunately not one he is remembered for. BUT ANYWAYS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?GO TO BOOKSTORE.BUY THE DAMN BOOK.READ THE...
Nikkiel101
Nikkiel101 rated it 12 years ago
I wanted to read this after I finished [b:Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald|17934458|Z A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald|Therese Anne Fowler|/assets/nocover/60x80.png|21763986] by [a:Therese Anne Fowler|6521646|Therese Anne Fowler|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1356829408p2/6521646.jpg] and realized that th...
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