I know I should love the story as an English teacher, but I found it so dull! I usually love historical fiction, and I enjoy older novels; this one just felt so pointless.

Gatsby is a man that’s love borders on obsession (I honestly got some stalker vibes from him, but that’s another issue), and Daisy feels superficial and materialistic. I felt like narrator is just passively there, and he is almost condoning the nonsense behavior of the other characters. So we have an affair between Tom and his side partner, and it is implied that an affair is potentially present towards the end between Gatsby and Daisy- and yet people from the outside can’t tell which individual their own spouses are cheating with?

This whole story was ridiculous in my opinion. I read it in case I had to teach it, but I’d be perfectly happy if I never had to think about TGG again 🤷🏼‍♀️