Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

92 reviews

fantasy_writer_221b's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

alerdman's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Racism, Sexism, and Car accident

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

Moderate: Alcohol

luv2readbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Racism

macbethish's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Antisemitism, and Car accident

pippawig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

erikwmj's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Antisemitism

roadki77's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

Homoerotic subtext and murder, arguably the two most important elements of any good story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

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, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide