A review by mishale1
Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I’m trying to write this review especially carefully so it doesn’t come off as my saying this book was badly written. It was well written and clever. It offered a unique new spin on one of my favorite classics. I had been really looking forward to this book when I heard about it.
I can see that a lot of people reviewed this book much higher than I did. But reviews are personal and based on your own enjoyment of the book and I just didn’t love this version of Jay Gatsby. Yes, it absolutely put an interesting spin on the story. And I don’t want to spoil the storyline so I don’t want to go into much detail. I’ll just say that Gatsby was not a good guy in this book and I didn’t enjoy seeing his character that way.
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