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Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
4.0
"that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Beautiful Little Fools is a stunning retelling of The Great Gatsby that focuses in on the lives and secrets of the women from the classic story. When a diamond hairpin is found at the apparent murder-suicide of George and Gatsby, a detectives suspicions fall on Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle's sister Catherine. He knows they're all lying, but why?
A large part of the story starts in 1917, the year Daisy met Gatsby, and follows the women to 1922. The mystery is what drew me in, but ultimately it's very slow burn and I ended up staying for the beautiful writing and compelling characters.
I was really curious if/how this book would change my opinion on these characters because we only know them through the snippets we got of them through Nick's POV. Cantor beautifully expanded on each woman, gave them more depth and personality, and I left this book seeing them in a completely new light. All the while staying 100% true to their portrayal in the original classic. Honestly, Nick was so far up Gatby's ass, a different POV can change everything.
This book felt like a realistic extension of the original. It was fantastic. Highly recommend. ✨
Beautiful Little Fools is a stunning retelling of The Great Gatsby that focuses in on the lives and secrets of the women from the classic story. When a diamond hairpin is found at the apparent murder-suicide of George and Gatsby, a detectives suspicions fall on Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle's sister Catherine. He knows they're all lying, but why?
A large part of the story starts in 1917, the year Daisy met Gatsby, and follows the women to 1922. The mystery is what drew me in, but ultimately it's very slow burn and I ended up staying for the beautiful writing and compelling characters.
I was really curious if/how this book would change my opinion on these characters because we only know them through the snippets we got of them through Nick's POV. Cantor beautifully expanded on each woman, gave them more depth and personality, and I left this book seeing them in a completely new light. All the while staying 100% true to their portrayal in the original classic. Honestly, Nick was so far up Gatby's ass, a different POV can change everything.
This book felt like a realistic extension of the original. It was fantastic. Highly recommend. ✨