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A review by tobyyy
The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fred Fordham
3.0
Oh lord. Suffice to say I’m glad I did not waste my life reading the actual novel. Wow. Such a depressing story populated with an absolute mess of human beings.
That being said, I do want to read Nick by Michael Farris Smith (prequel to The Great Gatsby from Nick’s perspective) and The Chosen & the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (retelling of The Great Gatsby but with a queer Asian MC plus magic). So I felt that I needed to at least know the bones of Gatsby before jumping into either of those books.
Mission accomplished.
Also? The art was beautiful. I really loved the colors used — all different shades of pastel, cool and warm shades were used with the correspondingly emotional scenes. So much love for Aya Morton’s art!
That being said, I do want to read Nick by Michael Farris Smith (prequel to The Great Gatsby from Nick’s perspective) and The Chosen & the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (retelling of The Great Gatsby but with a queer Asian MC plus magic). So I felt that I needed to at least know the bones of Gatsby before jumping into either of those books.
Mission accomplished.
Also? The art was beautiful. I really loved the colors used — all different shades of pastel, cool and warm shades were used with the correspondingly emotional scenes. So much love for Aya Morton’s art!