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a_sleepy_berry'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, War, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse
pelledorso's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Grief, Alcohol, Death, and Infidelity
Moderate: Classism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Racism
Minor: Xenophobia, War, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism
m4rtt4'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
3.25
As a Finnish person I was pleasantly surprised to hear of Carraway's housemaid being a Finn, but oh, the hypocrisy of these American upper-class people! Being blatantly racist, they speak about the superiority of the white Nordic race which they deem themselves a member of, but the only person from an actual Nordic country, the Finnish housemaid, is repeatedly described as demonic, just a nameless creature muttering incomprehensible nonsense.
Moderate: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Car accident, Racism, Infidelity, Death, and Misogyny
Minor: War, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Murder
reike'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
4.0
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: War and Antisemitism
maggiegirouard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
Minor: War, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
atamano's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Racism, Car accident, Infidelity, Murder, Gun violence, and Physical abuse
Minor: War
lqne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Classism, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, and War
i_write_on_occasion'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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Racism, Car accident, and Misogyny
Minor: War
graceslibrary'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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Racial slurs and War
i_llumi'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
4.0
I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the Park. . . . Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
yup mr and mrs fitzgerald’s writing is my favourite so far
I found this book at The Strand in NY and since the entire thing is mostly set in New York City I decided to read it all while I was here and boy, what a trip was that
(I’ve never had to read this book for any of my classes and since I never watched the movie either, I had basically no idea what the plot was except that it was about parties in the 20’s)
long story short, I enjoyed my time with this book. I still need to think about some things, but I can say that the portrayal of the US in the 1920’s stands true to this day and that yeah, the American Dream^TM is fake - a non-american born in brazil
reading this truly emphasized that humans never change and that we’ll probably never truly learn lessons from the past. the grind/hustle culture we have today is basically just a rebranding of the american dream and welp, we can see what that does to people (it’s about drive it’s about power we stay hungry we devour)
with all that said though, a more personal note: I actually liked This Side of Paradise more than this one. idk, there’s something about the former just speaks to me more. anyways, im running on 3h of sleep writing this on a [now crowded but once desolated] train station at 5 am so. im tired lol
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Murder, Car accident, Death, and War