Reviews with content warning for Antisemitism - The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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jadenchimes06's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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gracespear3_'s review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is such a relative social commentary even now. This book is heart-wrenching. I loved it and i hated it. It was beautifully written and beautifully tragic.

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deep_reader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm not going to dispute the book's status as a literary masterpiece - this is carefully crafted literature. However reading the novel again after I first read it when I was 17 I wasn't only amazed by the number of details I had overlooked back then but also stunned by the outright antisemitic description of Wolfshiem. I couldn't belief that I overread "The swastika holding company" back then during my first reading. A very uninventive exploitation of ancient stereotypes and contemporary Antisemitism in the US in the 1920s undeserving of an author striving to create sth unique and at the cost of others. So looking at it from today - minus one point.

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marthadude's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I mean it's Gatsby. Also Nick is gay.

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ada_elisabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A required reading book for English this year that I... really liked? Normally I don't like the English books and/or I've already read them, so this was a pleasant surprise. I really liked Fitzgerald's writing style; it was poetic and beautiful, but also so over the top that it was a little hilarious at times. Everything about the writing in this book was an absolute joy. I loved the characters, even though most of them were horrible people. I loved the setting and the plot and the symbolism and meaning. I loved the owl-eyed man in Gatsby's library and I loved the cover more than pretty much anything else. I loved the four million plot twists, which somehow all managed to be shocking and unexpected. The only complaint I have is that the writing is so dramatic that it's sometimes difficult to understand exactly what's going on. I didn't really struggle with this until the final chapter when so many things were happening at once, and it wasn't a super big deal.

Overall, I really did enjoy this. I would've enjoyed it even more if I hadn't been forced to read it for school, but oh well. 4.75/5 stars.

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kendal_reads's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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katmxx's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I refuse to believe that this was entirely written by a man.

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crazyrhythms's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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mer6140's review

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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4.5

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atlantisblauw's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Took until about page 140 for it to get interesting, but I did like the ending. Fitzgerald is a good writer, there are some beautiful sentences in there and he's good at writing flashbacks and other jumps through time. His characters are credible, but quite flat.

Ironically, Gatsby is presented as the mysterious one but you learn more about him than all other characters combined.

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