3.82 AVERAGE

fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Eh, it was.....okay? I honestly don't even know what to review about this because it left me feeling....well, nothing. It's just a story - a slightly interesting one, I'll give it that - where you just read on and on and then it opens up many questions and leaves them unanswered for you because maybe the author likes to do that or idk, and you feel close to zero connection with any of the characters in there (with the exception of Nick, maybe) and then with two nice and heartfelt final paragraphs - which I really loved - the book decides to end.

...uh-huh. Okay. Thanks, I guess? :/
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated

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the PERFECT book for getting into classics. even without reading this in your english class, its palatable all-around and holds up to today’s world as well
emotional reflective slow-paced

So much more enjoyable to read as an adult. Fitzgerald's prose is so fun and bizarre, and the story really holds up.

Fixed my rating because I honestly didn't love this book or its characters and I rated it so highly before because it felt blasphemous not to do so lol. Nothing against the book or writing itself, really, just not my taste.
reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes