Reviews for Strong Hearts

The average rating for Strong Hearts based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-05 00:00:00 Gregory Lamphear Although this collection contains other short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'm basing my rating solely on the main title short story of this anthology. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is wonderful and thought provoking and definitely shouldn't be missed. I did not realize until recently that it was a short story which motivated me to bump it up my list and read (I listened) to it sooner. Many times, I wish short stories elaborated more because I love great character and plot development, but I feel this was more about the concept of Benjamin living his life backwards than anything else. 4.5 stars. I didn't rate the other handful of short stories on here because they varied from me really liking them to scratching my head. Overall, they were an average 3 stars and didn't want to take the rating away from the main title. It was a quick 3 hour audiobook for all 5 stories.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-17 00:00:00 Richard Silva A strong collection of short stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald. Oddly enough, I thought that Benjamin Button was the weakest of the bunch! It was interesting to see someone age in reverse but the story skipped over so much and although Button was a tragic character, he was also a dick so...you know. The Lost Decade was an interesting story about a person who (wait for it) was out of society for a decade for unknown reasons and what they missed. Bridal Party is kind of the anti-"The Graduate." A man thinks he can stop the wedding of a woman he loves. It doesn't go well. Three Hours Between Planes is my favorite of the bunch. A guy has (wait for it) three hours between planes so he looks up a girl he was obsessed with when he was 12 (he's now in his early 30s). She's married and he has never stopped being in love with her. This plays out with such brutal honesty it nearly broke my heart. Babylon Revisited was short and strange. All in all, a very strong collection indeed.