Although The Great Gatsby's a much smoother ride when it comes to structure, the two novels are pretty similar in their tone and are descriptive, too. They owe their richly detailed environments to Fitzgerald's incredible ability to recall/describe such places. I guess that's why I like the first half of Chapter VIII so much. For some reason, it feels sort of dreamy and hazy to me as Gatsby relates his youth with Daisy and his life during and after the war to Nick Carraway - maybe a side-effect of me trying to imagine this happening during the morning twilight?
