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The Great Gatsby [Annotated] by F. Scott Fitzgerald

276 reviews

graceheartsbooks's review against another edition

3.5

I feel like if you’ve seen either adaptation of the novel, the 1970s and 2013 versions, then you’ve basically read the book. Still, I enjoyed it.

I’m doing a reading challenge to read a classic every month and this was a very easy read if you’re intimidated by them like I am😅

Also Nick is gay, you can’t change my mind lol

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective 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

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

This book was just something I could passively listen to while studying. It was full of

affairs and scandals and murder.

It's really messy, actually. I liked the themes of the book but that's pretty much it. I did listen to this as an audiobook and I liked that there was jazz music incorporated into the audiobook!

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karalyndawn's review against another edition

3.0

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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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sinamile's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nobody writes a queer man like a woman (joking), but I believe that Zelda wrote this coz the way Daisy is written, that's a mentally ill woman masking. There are so many little scenes where I'm like "a man couldn't write that". F Scott when I catch you.

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thedarklady's review against another edition

5.0

reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Great Gatsby is such a memorable literary classic, i’m glad I had a chance to reread it again for class.

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sparrolina's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jacky_reads_books's review against another edition

3.75

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

In the book we read Nick Carraway’s recollection of a summer spent with Jay Gatsby, his neighbor with the enormous house who hosts ridiculously big parties. We follow him as we meet all sorts of dramatic, shallow, selfish people.

This summary might sound unpleasent but it was just a very interesting read. The way these people are described is very well done (although I was familiar with the film), but basically all of them were annoying and just awful people.

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bastableh's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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em_the_wallflower's review against another edition

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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archiveofrasa's review against another edition

4.5

reflective 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

I never read this in school (I went to a private school on scholarship so of course they wouldn't make us read it) but in a way I'm glad I hadn't because I doubt I would've appreciated it then. I loved the prose and the voice, there is a level of "unrealness" to it, especially in the more action-driven parts of the story, which I felt really enhanced its themes and what it was trying to say, although it did make it a bit difficult to know what was going on. had to LitChart bits every now and then but I don't think that ruined the reading process for me! really fascinating look on old vs new money

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