Finished: Tender is the Night (Fitzgerald). Eh, it was ok, but not my favorite of the three Fitzgerald's I've now read. All of his characters are so flawed (but then I guess most humans are flawed). But...what I mean is, almost everyone in the Fitzgerald novels I've read is unfaithful to his or her spouse, without too much grappling with guilt. Maybe that was his lifestyle back then? It is said that Tender is the Night might be somewhat autobiographical about his marriage to Zelda, her mental illness and his alcoholism. There was certainly all that! I do love his descriptive writing, though. Like this description of an old dowager returning from a late night party the next morning, who disturbs the serenity of the sunbathing main characters as she walks by telling her tale about the night before:

"The sponsor of the story was a white-haired woman in full evening dress, obviously a relic of the previous evening, for a tiara still clung to her head and a discouraged orchid expired from her shoulder."

I love that..."discouraged orchid expired from her shoulder"! Can't you just picture that lady vividly in your mind? Well, done with Fitzgerald for awhile!