Reviews

The Fundamentals of Play by Caitlin Macy

emilyisreading2024's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't care for it. The dialogue and characters were annoying and I didn't find myself wanting to know what eventually happened to them.

v_iaggio's review against another edition

3.0

This remake of the Great Gatsby offers pithy commentary for the college graduates of the 90s and Y2K years. At times, one gets the sense that Macy herself is a bit of a Georgie Len, both envying the ease of the old money set that the Ivy League has given him access to but never really belonging, and at the same time disdaining those who belong and those who try to hard to seem like they do. In the end, it is as much a time capsule of 20-somethings lack of direction and search for meaning as it is a lens into the upper echelons of society.