It's no secret that I love The Great Gatsby, so when I found a brand new copy of another one of Fitzgerald's books on sale for $5, of course I snapped it up. I had high hopes for Tender Is the Night though I didn't expect to like it as much as The Great Gatsby. Apparently, some "hip" critics think it's actually better than Fitzgerald's masterwork (a sentiment that Fitzgerald himself shared) but I just don't see it, and overall this book simply perplexed me. For one, the order of the plot is a bit messy and arbitrary, and the prose itself could use a tight edit. I also really struggled with the book's negative treatment of women, non-Caucasians, people experiencing mental illnesses, and other "minorities" that actually vastly outnumber the straight, white, rich men that the plot largely focuses on. Dick was not that interesting or sympathetic as a main character, and his savior complex came off as arrogant rather than compassionate. I was hopeful when the story began by focusing on Rosemary's perspective, but she's quickly booted out of the spotlight in favor of Dick's life. The same thing happens to Nicole as well —I  would much rather have read a novel that focused on her instead of Dick, but we only get her perspective towards the very end. Not a book I can recommend to others unless they are looking to plow through the whole Fitzgerald canon.