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k_shimer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Car accident, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide, Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism, Grief, and Racial slurs
Minor: Confinement and War
dreezy's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism
tazch1701's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Rich society is callous, careless and destructive. Aiming to enter into that social stratum will result in tragedy. Don't live in the past.
Jimmy Gatz, you had the makings of a kind, compassionate and wonderful man, if only you hadn't become so blinded.
Minor: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, War, and Domestic abuse
kalynlarva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death, Classism, Racism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Murder, and Racial slurs
rachelmcg2004's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Racism
Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, Violence, Cursing, and War
ennzito24's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship
kendal_reads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Death, Car accident, and Infidelity
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Racism, and Racial slurs
crazyrhythms's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Infidelity
Moderate: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Racism
carlycormier_'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
5.0
During quarantine, I've taken up reading again and I am very glad that I have. I am, however, upset that it took me as long as it did to read this brilliant little book! I flew through it in a day I was so hooked. I was reluctant to pick this one up out of fear that I would envision or compare it to the film (which I saw ages ago). Fitzgerald's superb writing is a big reason why I was able to separate the two and enjoy this more.
It’s a story of false hope, ego, disillusionment, hypocrisy, the idealization of love from naive eyes, romanticizing the mundane, unreliable narration, and the collapse of a rose-colored bubble. Fitzgerald fills this story with poetic imagery that dances across the pages, pulling you in deeper and deeper.
To annotate the book in this review would not do it justice. Simply spectacular and way better than any movie could hope to be.
It was as dazzling as you would expect it to be.
Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Classism, and Murder
atlantisblauw's review against another edition
- 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
Ironically, Gatsby is presented as the mysterious one but you learn more about him than all other characters combined.
Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Car accident, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse