It took me a while to get into this book. Perhaps for lack of understanding. I had to turn it over in my mind after I'd read it and I had to try to see into the little things Fitzgerald hid in his book. 
 What I think I loved most about this book was the artificiality of the world. Maybe I should explain myself further on this one. I didn't like the world and what it symbolized, I was impressed with the accuracy of Fitzgerald's description of it. 
 The superficiality of the wholeness of it and the people... Oh the people; The drunken, giddy, glitzy people of West and East Egg were appalling and disgusting and yet interesting to read and to pull apart with study. 
 I can't help but think Fitzgerald was making a point in his book, The Great Gatsby I wonder if he was trying to show the world the ridiculousness of their glamorous and airhead ways. 
 One thing I found fascinating was the profoundness of the words of the drunkards. The people who were too intoxicated to hide behind the fake screens. I can't help but feel that maybe when someone drunk said something that they laughed at and thought was silly, he was really exposing the others and they were uncomfortable laughing it off. 
 Now, the one thing I didn't really like was all the description and filler paragraphs. I realize that may have been the style in that period, but I definitely preferred the dialogue and action. But that may just be me and my own personal tastes. 
 All in all: 4/5 stars