An exceptional work of tragedy. I was bored in the beginning, with the exposition revealing Nick and his intricacies. Then, the drama began with the characters at dinner. From then it was a pretty quick-paced read with slow exposition sprinkled in now and then. I fell in love with Gatsby, Nick, and to some extent Jordan (perhaps even Owl Eyes). 

I was astonished that I began to enjoy this book because I usually don't love books from the English 'canon.' I romanticized the lives led here. I appreciated some of the killer lines that Fitzgerald dropped in there. He writes like no other author I've read, in that he describes things with newfound precision and yet makes them easy to understand. 

All in all, this was a very enjoyable read and might have become one of my all-time favorites. I do recommend this. But be prepared to cry, and hate many a character.