Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Great Gatsby [Annotated] by F. Scott Fitzgerald

179 reviews

wganas4's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Car accident, Murder

Minor: Sexual content, War

celestial_dreams's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Classism

danielnski's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There is a lot in this story to unpack, so I get why this is taught in schools so often. Even though this story has permeated pop culture for so long, I wasn't expecting things quite as many racist elements that we wish were just of its time to pop up, and some of the twist elements remained new to me.  I was glad to cross this classic off my to-read list, even if not all of it spoke to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Car accident

Moderate: Racism

Minor: War

filipa_maia's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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This is my second favorite classic.

Fitzgerald created a bunch of hateful characters who lived in an empty world despite everything they had (and everything their money could buy). Gatsby was a man who had everything and ended up alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident

Minor: War

arcticc's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

bree_s1989's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Car accident

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

corgheist's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective slow-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

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While this book is not for me, I can see why people would like it.

That said, it's clearly a product of its time, and some of the racism/antisemitism is pretty jarring to read in current day.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

readingwitharielle's review against another edition

2.0

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a reread before I read Beautiful Villians by Rebecca Kenney. It had been about 20 years since I first read the book so wanted a refresh. And I honestly wish I hadn't. Between the eugenics, slurs, antisemitism, and racism I wanted to DNF this at multiple times. The only character I felt anything for was Gatsby at the end. The story was dull and I was either bored with the characters or disgusted with them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, War

professional_forgetter's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Stalking, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Abandonment

toris_in_her_own_world's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I wish I was a rich person living in New York during the 1920s 😩. The imagery is so rich, as well as symbolic. There were no shallow characters, they all had backstories and emotions. Nick was everything though, I love how he progresses from “well it’s fine no one is perfect I won’t judge” to “woahhhh these people are crazy I gotta get away from them.” I mean he literally recognizes that Jordan is a cheater and liar and he’s just like “that’s just how women are sometimes, it’s ok” ?!? Gatsby was so sweet though, tis a shame. Hated Tom and how Daisy acted when he was there, although Daisy was such an airhead she wasn’t that much better when he wasn’t. I love how caring Nick was for Gatsby, even at the end. 
“We beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing, Suicide