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Ooh I haven’t read Tender is the Night yet, I wasn’t keeping track but I just found out that this is the only Fitzgerald novel I haven’t ready yet, curious if it lives up to The Great Gatsby! The Sun Also Rises is also on my list, didn’t realize they were similar, Hemingway and Fitzgerald write vastly different prose!

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It does, in my opinion! people say Tender is the Night it’s better than Gatsby.

The Sun Also Rises is similar in vibes (excess partying, carelessness, traveling all across Europe) but yes they definitely have different styles of writing.

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thank you for sharing my post!! :) I took have Kavalier and Clay on the TBR, I desperately want to read it but I have to space out my chunky reads or I'll go crazy. Thinking its a good one for when the weather is a little chillier...

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oh why oh does it have to be 600 pages! I read the first two chapters though and so far so good! kind of funny.

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I will definitely have to pick up tender is the night!

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yes yes! so atmospheric!

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Thank you for sharing my post Jam!! I look forward to hearing what you think of The Summer Book soon xxx I’m also interested in Kavalier and Clay I’d love to hear what you think!

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I’ll definitely pick up both books soon!

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I’ll definitely read it near a body of water like what you said in your review haha re: The Summer Book

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I loved Kavalier & Clay! One of those thick ones with lots of backstory and history that takes a little time to get up to speed but then hums right along.

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ahhh I like those books! I’ve read chapter 1 already. It’s start in the present then proceeds with the backstory. I love that kind of storytelling! Have you read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow? I wrote on the first page that Kavalier and Clay kind of starts like Tomorrow3x

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I've recently bought Tender Is The Night because I found an old edition for pretty cheap at a second hand bookstore, I'm hoping to read it soon but also I feel like I should be reading Gatsby first 😅

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both are so good I’m sure you’ll enjoy whatever you start with

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Really can't wait to read them 😌

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You've convinced me to read Tender is the Night.

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yes and I’d like to hear your thoughts about it.

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