Our group read 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Sun Also Rises' back to back, and the Fitzgerald book won by a mile.

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Oh totally. I see this all the time, the flashy sad story always beats the quiet sad one.

Huh, not sure I agree with you there @eva_lewis. Sometimes the quiet story sticks with you way longer... it just gets under your skin.