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Cuilin There‘s so much commentary online about this novel that I decided to annotate it!! Loved “The sun was behind us as we drove, so that we seemed to be in pursuit of our own shadows.” 3mo
Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I have never read this. I'll have to go back and read all the commentary after. 3mo
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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I got a new copy so I could flag it up 🤣🙌🏼 3mo
Cuilin @TheBookHippie We need to share what we‘re flagging somehow. I have five different themes that I‘m annotating. I don‘t want to put spoilers in the chat! I‘ll tag you in a spoiler post perhaps 🤔 3mo
TheBookHippie @Cuilin I think flagging is my book love language 🤣😅 I generally do quotes to print out -quotes to write on and quotes to ponder 😅🙃😊 3mo
TheBookHippie @Cuilin I‘m also tracking the LGBTQIA undercurrent 3mo
mcctrish I‘m here for the flagging - I only watched this before and I replaced my childhood teddy with a brand new Gund at the time and named him Elliot. He went everywhere with me. 3mo
Cuilin @mcctrish 🧸 cute. I loved the TV adaptation more than the movie. 3mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I recommend, it‘s interesting. 3mo
mcctrish @Cuilin I only watched the mini series - I was in Grade 12 but now I might try and dig up the movie 3mo
Cuilin @mcctrish It‘s good. I think Emma Thompson (love) plays Sebastian‘s mom, but I don‘t think anybody can play Ryder like Jeremy Irons. 3mo
ElizaMarie I‘m enjoying the ride so far —- but have no idea what I‘m reading or where this story is going. I feel like I‘m reading into the “friendship” as more? But maybe it‘s just me. We will see —- also have not seen the movie or read any reviews so fresh eyes here! —- these books yall pick are generally not something I‘ve ever ventured towards before (part of the fun) 3mo
Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie not just you 3mo
dabbe @mcctrish 💜🩶🧡 3mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie #ditto 3mo
dabbe The way Ryder describes Sebastian re: his beauty reminds me of Nick describing Jay Gatsby. Definitely more feelings going on here. 💜🩶🧡 3mo
willaful @Bookwormjillk yup 3mo
Bookwormjillk @dabbe do you think Nick had feelings for Gatsby? 3mo
lil1inblue @Cuilin I highlighted the same passage. Such stunning writing. 😍 3mo
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie "flagging is my book love language" makes me feel seen. ? #hardsame 3mo
lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh. Interesting comparison. I also got Dorian Gray vibes. Definite feelings. 💖 3mo
dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, good one, too! 🧡🩶💜 3mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk I seriously do. There is also an inference to a sexual encounter between Nick and Mr. McKee in chapter 2. The narrative ends with an ellipsis (...) after Nick and Mr. McKee leave a party, suggesting a passage of time and a sexual encounter. This is supported by details like Nick being in the bedroom and Mr. McKee being in his underwear, which would have been unusual for two heterosexual men to be in that situation in the 1920s. (edited) 3mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk I also think so because of his relationship with Jordan, a tomboy-ish female who plays golf. And that relationship doesn't work out, nor did his one with the girl back home. He seems in love with Gatsby or the idea of him. All inferences, but hard ones to ignore. 3mo
lil1inblue @dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now I want to re-read Gatsby. I read it in school in the 90s, so we obviously didn't explore homosexual themes (gasp! 😱🤣 ). I see what you mean, Denise, but don't remember details. 🤔 3mo
dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🩶🧡 3mo
Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @dabbe I‘ll have to pay more attention next time I re-read! 3mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk Whoah! Please forgive the overzealous teacher in me! I never picked up on that when I first read it. It's only after YEARS of teaching it that my brain (and wormhole digging) got me to this point. I hate sounding like a know-it-all. I'm so sorry. 🧡💜💛 3mo
Bookwormjillk @dabbe no! I appreciate it. I love Gatsby and I re-read it every year so I‘m happy to have a new angle to look at. Thank you! 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh good, I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one seeing the subtext (and that it will get even more explicit)! When Sebastian was wearing Ryder‘s tie I was like “it can‘t be, this is a WWII novel” and then the teddy bear and he‘s weird but charms everyone and one of his friends at the party is an aesthete… and then the aesthete tells SEBASTIAN that he‘d like to fill him full of ARROWS… and I‘m delighted that it‘s totally gay. 🏳️🌈😁 3mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🩶💜 3mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡🩶💜 3mo