Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

9 reviews

lexivharms's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• 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

1.5

If you’ve read The Great Gatsby recently you will not like this book. It felt like the true motives of the characters were entirely deleted. If you’re a true fan of the original classic, you will be bothered by this book. I almost DNF’d this book and it would’ve been my first one in years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Gaslighting

melissa_b_67's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

danibailey's review

medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

katisreading's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved seeing this story from the different women’s perspectives. It added in the little bit of murder mystery that kept you guessing which woman killed Gatsby, every time I thought I had put the puzzle pieces together, something new would get revealed. I also really enjoyed seeing all of the main plot points from the actual Great Gatsby book pop up in this story and how they fit together with this version of the narrative. All around a very enjoyable read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia

serenas_reads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

tanjalunney's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Infidelity, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

hazelgirl21's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

bookbug_97's review

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

kamin8882's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

"I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."  Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.

When I read the synopsis of this book, I knew I had to get my hands on a copy!! The Great Gatsby mixed with Big Little Lies, sign me up please !! Thank you so much to Netgalley, Harper Perennial and Jillian Cantor for an ARC of this amazingly brilliant book!

I have always loved The Great Gatsby, the book and the movie (especially with Leo <3) so I was super excited to read this book from the ladies POV!! Jillian Cantor did an amazing job diving us into the whole stories of Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle and her sister Catherine, while also giving us a little mystery. Who really killed Jay Gatsby? Was it George, the grieving husband? Or was it one of the many women Jay had hurt in his long and selfish journey to win Daisy back ??

What I loved the most about this book was that you got to see why and how everything ended up the way they did.... the events and feelings leading up to Jay Gatsby's murder, made everything make sense. In fact, it made me love the female characters more, unlike the original where I was  left thinking the women of the story are selfish and flashy. I loved all the details Jillian Cantor added to this story to make us really understand what life was like for the leading ladies, and make them completely more relatable, vulnerable and human. Even the detective, investigating Gatsby's death just to earn a buck to spoil his lady, added such a unique spin on this amazing story. I loved it !!!

"I always thought it was us women who were the fools... but I was wrong, it's been the men all along, hasn't it?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship