Book #14: "The Beautiful and Damned" ...Finished!!! (FINALLY)

Book #14 "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald: 
  '"Now, Gloria," he would cry, "please let me explain!"
   "Don't explain. Kiss me."
   "I don't think that's right. If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget."
   "But I don't want to argue. I think it's wonderful that we can kiss and forget, and when we can't it'll be time to argue..."' Page 125. 
    
   The 'Beautiful and Damned' follows the life of Anthony Patch, who is quite well off and supported by his rich and very sick grandfather. Anthony meets Gloria and, even if he doesn't like the idea of admitting it right away, is bewitched by her. It is not long before they are getting married and living it up. They seem almost to dance from one party to the next without any thought to the money that is being spent at every turn. 
   Then, and no i won't give away too much detail, after an incident that Anthony's grandfather witnessed Anthony is cut out of his grandfathers last will and testament, meaning that the 30 million he should get he won't. 
   Anthony and Gloria hire and lawyer to fight it once his grandfather dies but the process is slow moving. As they wait and wait to hear what will happen with the case their state of marriage and sanity in general starts to slip. They can't afford to live the way they once did especially with Anthony not wanting to go to work. Before to long it is obvious that the money has run out as has their patience for each other, the fact that Anthony becomes a drunk doesn't help anything either. 
   I won't give away how it ends, but I think it's clear that this is a classic 'money doesn't buy you happiness' moral kind of story. 
   Personally I didn't really have anything that I minded about it, other then the fact that it did drag a little at some points (which I think is evident with how long it took me to finish the darn thing). But other then that I actually enjoyed it, so if your into reading more classic books I would recommend adding this to your list. 
   Okay, I won't go on and on about how far behind I am in my goal, let's be honest we all knew that was going to happen, but I will tell you that my next book is something a little different. Book #15 is "Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter" by A. E. Moorat. Yea, and get this the tagline for it is "She loved her country. She hated zombies." 
    Let's be honest what more need I say? 
       That's all for now, 
         Michaela Jane

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