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The Great Gatsby [Annotated] by F. Scott Fitzgerald

276 reviews

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Olen aikaisemmin katsonut kirjaan perustuva elokuvan, mutta en muistanut tarinan olevan tällainen. Tarina pääsi yllättämään.
Tarina ja hahmot ovat kiinnostavia, vaikka tuntuu että tarinassa loppujen lopuksi tapahtuu aika vähän.

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lauramcc7's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ktdaugherty's review against another edition

3.0

reflective 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

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lizkocher's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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dawntin's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective 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

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ethwen's review against another edition

3.25

dark sad tense 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

The story of a mass of toxic characters, being observed by Carraway- it’s impressively written, well ahead of its time. The narration was wonderfully crafted and Fitzgerald truly has a way with writing that makes it sombre, even without referencing much to Carraway’s own emotions as the novel unfolded.

For such a short book though, it started off really slow and the build-up to the climax was slow too.

I don’t really think Fitzgerald wrote with the intention to flesh out the characters, there is a lack of backstory to all of them except Gatsby. As much as I hated Daisy and Tom, Carraway was ostensibly acquainted with them yet didn’t have much to say about them. The dialogues were confusing at times too.

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snx_234's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hdoomk's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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elfcurrentlyreading's review against another edition

1.25

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mightyfrenchbookworm's review against another edition

2.5

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I've read this since it's supposed to be one of the greatest book of all time. I did not get attached to any of the characters. They were lacking character's background and development. The book was cruely missing depth in certain elements which could have improved the overall entertainment. The end was fine. Nothing to get overhyped but definetly something to think about.

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