Book Notes: "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It makes sense that it was like this in the 20s. No need to feel sorry for the protagonists, but to see the folly of being spoilt - maybe this is the message? Or maybe there is no message at all, just a reflection of the beautiful and the damned. Not sure you can find any solace in being honest and poor, though. FSF always leaves me navel-gazing. I believe his work is much more than a simple depiction of the Jazz Age.



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Book Notes: "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is my first Steinbeck novel. Brilliant. I am not sure whether to feel happy for the residents of Cannery Row, or sad to think that they might live in such a way for readers to find nobility in degradation. I tend to think this novel makes one sad to think that such stories could be noble, yet at the same time glad that despite the gloom, they can be. Steinbeck truly achieves the artist's role of making sense of a cruel world.



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