Reviews - The Great Gatsby

36.2k reviews for:

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.82 AVERAGE

meattzar's review against another edition

4.0

⭐️3.5 dont care unless nick and gatsby kiss

qjohn's review against another edition

4.0

I keep thinking about this book. I am reading something else or two somethings else and ... well, I think it will be with me for longer that I expected.

The thing I think about now is this theme of running away--but we get "borne back ceaselessly to the past." Somehow an unresolved past (long ago or not so long ago) can kill you if you don't resolve it or keep on moving.

I have been pondering also the extent that Gatsby still represents an America of garish excess, pining away for some ideal, begins to rot at its moral core when it could be seeking its full potential.

laurenw589's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

calypso_rowle's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad fast-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

fmjenn's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jordanberube's review against another edition

3.5

sad fast-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

annettekh's review against another edition

1.0

I'm not sure what the point of this book was. I guess basically it boils down to old money people are snobs who hate everyone but themselves - you can't break into that circle even if you sleep with them, or have your own money and try to buy their affection. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But I admit the language of it at times was quite poetic