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The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I haven't seen any of the other Baz Lurman films but I'm hoping to watch Romeo and Juliet soon =)

It's an extremely fast read, I hope you like it =)
I am about 3/5 of the way through this as an audiobook. I'm enjoying the narrator, Tim Robbins, but I have a feeling I wouldn't enjoy it as much if I were reading it on my own. Alas, I don't hate the story. It's just a little dry so far. I'm still going to finish it though. I will write more after.

I hope it picks up for you - I felt like it was a little slow at first but I think it's because the characters are all pretty dislikeable, at least in my opinion...I really enjoyed it by the end =)
I'm going to keep this spoiler free for now by the way =)
I thought that the storyline of the film was extremely close to the book which I wasn't expecting from what I'd heard about the film.
The casting was amazing! Leonardo di Caprio as Jay Gatsby was a brilliant choice and he was an outstanding Gatsby in my opinion - very true to the original character.
The cinematography was unique (it was directed by Bahs Lurman but I haven't seen any of his other work) and I think there wasn't really much I didn't like. Even the odd mixed soundtrack with modern music in it seemed to work well...
I'd love to know what other people thought of this adaptation =)