Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Collins

37 reviews

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

ashley_1206's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

3.75⭐️

guys i liked the great gatsby and i definitely think this a classic people should read. it was intriguing and had symbolism that you WANTED to discover the meaning for. i don’t regret reading this book at all!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicide, and Murder

sky_lar's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Car accident, Classism, Blood, Death, and Grief

edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Stalking and Antisemitism

chandrayisaacson's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Car accident, Racism, and Classism

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Antisemitism, Grief, Addiction, and Incest

lauryn_04's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

reflective

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I reread this for the first time since my first read through around 2008/09. I may come back and write a proper review later. This is a story full of unlikable hypocrites, which does not make it bad all on its own - I love a good unlikable character. The mix of pretty and undetatched prose was interesting and if I had more of an interest, it's something that I would have looked at more. The thing that makes rating this difficult though is the racism. There is a certain amount that seems intentional to further themes within the story, but there isn't enough in-text discussion that addresses it directly. I'm still mulling over my thoughts on that. I have a lot of mixed thoughts about whether or not I actually liked it, but perhaps that experience is compelling enough because I am glad that I reread it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

allysllvn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

It was a very fun book to read! I usually don’t like books like this, but I was so curious about the characters and how they would react to certain things and was surprised by a lot of things. I put that the character development was complicated and the characters weren’t lovable because the main character is the only one who really changed in a way, and it’s neither positive or negative. The characters are all interesting, just not good people for the most part lol. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Car accident, Alcohol, and Racism

ccwingreads's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.0

I'm not American so I was never fed the American Dream narrative throughout my childhood except through American media. To me, the Great Gatsby is like a warning. You may be able to work your way up to become the glittering envy of the city, but all that luxury is actually meaningless. As for the characters, you could easily drop them into those reality shows featuring decadently rich people who are concerned only with themselves. Even the romance is like loving the idea of someone. It's not a classic about the American Dream. It's a classic about the shallow lie of that dream.

I thoroughly enjoyed the subtlety and imagery of the descriptions. Some lines were stunning. The book is short, and I found it an easy read. I learned a bit about Zelda too.

Also, gayer than I had expected. Pleasant surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Antisemitism, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide and Gun violence