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tflor's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
axery's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
comreadcarla's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I was bored, idc much for the mystery type of fiction in general. Like sure, it's F. Scott Fitzgerald, but what else? Ik it was historically important, but it wasn't enjoyable for me.
salgalruns's review against another edition
3.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night is strategically broken up into 3 sections. Each section lends itself to a different perspective of the story, and each one made me re-evaluate my character adoration levels. I didn't rank it as high as Gatsby, because, well...it's not Gatsby, but I did enjoy it overall.
Summary:
Book Two, however, takes on a different side altogether, where we learn the backstory of the Divers. Turns out that Dick is actually a psychoanalyst and that his patient is Nicole. This part makes no sense to me. Guys aren't typically into this much drama, and it's almost as if he's talking himself into this pairing. I know he says that he loves her, but I never did get the really strong feeling that he did. This section really started me thinking that perhaps Dick wasn't all that strong of a person to start with.
Book Three takes us through Dick's fall - he starts drinking more, becoming more and more disrespectful to his friends, and has much more of a disregard for anyone and anything around him. Nicole, on the other hand, is becoming stronger. It's almost as if they have one supply of energy and if one is strong, the other is weak. It just feels like the energy has now shifted and Nicole is coming out on top. At the end, it's all about Nicole, and Dick just sort of fades away.
This is only the second Fitzgerald book I have read, and yet, it's obviously by him. His style is very bouncy. While the sentences themselves are easy to read, you fly along (as if at a party) enjoying the cadence of it all, to realize that he has shifted gears and you have no idea what has just happened. I found myself rereading on several occasions as a result so that I could try to grasp the storyline.
There is also a personal connection to this story - apparently, Fitzgerald's wife was schitzophrenic, and he is also claimed to have had an affair with a Hollywood actress. Thus, while this is a work of fiction, I'm sure for the author, it was much more than that, and may have accounted for the darker elements of the story often overtaking the lighter parts.
Summary:
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We start out with Book One, and are introduced to Rosemary, the American acress, who meets up with Dick Diver and his wife Nicole. At this point in the story, I am in love. In my mind, Dick Diver and Jay Gatsby are one in the same - surrounded by parties, surrounded by meaningless people with lots of giggling, and lots of drinking going on. It appears to be a happy time, and you are instantly drawn into the lightheartedness that obviously exists on the French Riviera. Rosemary is, of course, enamored with Dick, and even comes to love Nicole. Good times.Book Two, however, takes on a different side altogether, where we learn the backstory of the Divers. Turns out that Dick is actually a psychoanalyst and that his patient is Nicole. This part makes no sense to me. Guys aren't typically into this much drama, and it's almost as if he's talking himself into this pairing. I know he says that he loves her, but I never did get the really strong feeling that he did. This section really started me thinking that perhaps Dick wasn't all that strong of a person to start with.
Book Three takes us through Dick's fall - he starts drinking more, becoming more and more disrespectful to his friends, and has much more of a disregard for anyone and anything around him. Nicole, on the other hand, is becoming stronger. It's almost as if they have one supply of energy and if one is strong, the other is weak. It just feels like the energy has now shifted and Nicole is coming out on top. At the end, it's all about Nicole, and Dick just sort of fades away.
This is only the second Fitzgerald book I have read, and yet, it's obviously by him. His style is very bouncy. While the sentences themselves are easy to read, you fly along (as if at a party) enjoying the cadence of it all, to realize that he has shifted gears and you have no idea what has just happened. I found myself rereading on several occasions as a result so that I could try to grasp the storyline.
There is also a personal connection to this story - apparently, Fitzgerald's wife was schitzophrenic, and he is also claimed to have had an affair with a Hollywood actress. Thus, while this is a work of fiction, I'm sure for the author, it was much more than that, and may have accounted for the darker elements of the story often overtaking the lighter parts.
emilyh2606's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
louiseg's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
thebookdiary's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jessica_fury's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book was okay but more of a tick on the reading list for me than an enjoyable read. This book is very outdated taking place in the 1920s. The plot was occasionally interesting and often boring to me, but the good parts were well written and interesting. I think the overlaying theme of the main male character being a tragic hero just left a sour taste in my mouth when he had similar faults to other female characters and the reader is expected to condemn them for it because their faults are not written as tragically romantic.