I read this for task 1 of The Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge - A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25. Fitzgerald was 23 when he wrote this one. If there were half stars, I would up this to 3.5 stars. Most people say that this book is just a whiny rich kid indulging himself. While I did find it self-indulgent, I was not put off by this, because face it, most people are a bit self-indulgent at 23. It was fairly close to what I expected and was not at all disappointed and found his reactions to war and women quite interesting.