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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

58 reviews

l_ewen06's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

icarus_has_risen's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

toast_renumeration's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism, Suicide, and War

bethanwx's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A damnation of the American Dream through the eyes of an unreliable, hard to pin down narrator. Nick is just as much of a mystery as Gatsby, changing his mind about people, judging yet connecting himself to some awful people, including the racist and abusive Tom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Car accident

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

euhfubeuh's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I feel like many think this book is about personal affairs between careless people. I feel like it’s a nuanced commentary about specifically the carelessness of the rich and the inescapability of one’s past.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror

cattthatcanread44's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

domenicar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Violence

sylviea28's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Blood

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A literary classic, Gatsby centres around the party host and smuggler Jay Gatsby. A man of "new wealth" in the rich part of Long Island, he secretly harbours a deep love for the wife of a nearby family, whom he has known for years. As the narrator Nick Carraway learns more about the enigmatic Gatsby, the more events begin to conspire to topple the self-made man from his throne.

I first read this book in English class in high school but did not remember a single part of it. I enjoyed re-reading it now and remembering all of the symbolism, the plot, the characterization of both Gatsby and Nick. I would not recommend it if you struggle with purple prose, as Fitzgerald can get flowery with descriptions or use some (now) obscure term for seemingly no reason. The plot is fairly straightforward and predictable, and because of the third-person narration it is hard to understand Gatsby's motivations. An enjoyable read nonetheless!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, and Colonisation

cbear_13's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

This has been by far my favorite school book in sophomore year. I was entertained they had interesting characters I just enjoyed it especially because I like us history so yah loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse and Suicide