I must say that I have haerd of this book several times, yet I had never read it. When I was in school we still read Inavhoe and A Tale of Two Cities. I know I am seriously dating myself now. However I must say that this book really caught my intrest. I really liked the story of this man and how he was so shady. He seems to have a colorful past full of stories of how he got his money and where he came from. I found it interesting even with all the money he had he chose to live on the lower end of the islands. He seemed to need to surround himself with people yet he stayed at a distance. The only thing I saw as familar to the other story of Bernice was the way the upper class lived thier life with no regards for others or their feelings. I had a problem with this Tom guy who had the nerve to go into his mistress's home and try to goat her husband into a deal about a car, while making plans to meet with his wife. I must say that I can't wait to see how it truns out. I hope that Gatsby is in the end as colorful as the stroies that set him up in the begining.