Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Der große Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

68 reviews

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.5

Half a star taken away from this masterpiece for the jarring and horrible racial slurs and sexism that cropped up on occasion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Classism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, Violence, Cursing, and War

marthadude's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• 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

I mean it's Gatsby. Also Nick is gay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

thelibraryofanolive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

2.5

snooze fest tbh and i had no idea what this man was saying most of the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Racism

faith99's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Classism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Murder and Gun violence

nataliapassos's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Racism, Alcoholism, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

faeriefox's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

None of the characters were in any way redeemable, the plot was really boring until chapter 7, and chapters 7-8 were the only reasons this book got a 2 rather than a 1. Characters were also really boring and honestly kinda stupid. Also they were all really racist, antisemitic, and misogynistic. I know it reflects the times, but the fact that none of them were in any way good kinda screwed that up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Infidelity, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, and Antisemitism

jordan_noel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book explores themes of class, love, and achieving happiness.

The characters are all pretty hate-able with serious flaws, even the grand Jay Gatsby.

The story is about the conflict between pursuing our passions and being safe and seemly, especially with financial stability. What do we need in order to pursue love? What will stop us from pursuing what we want?

This book touches on class conflicts, capitalism, love, marriage, and feminism. This small group of superficial acquaintances is oblivious to the challenges of the working class and their own timidity. They almost hide away from the real world, obscured from the public eye by their grand houses and extravagant, opulent lives. In the end, what is most important to them is heartbreaking and only continues the cycle of suffering.

Though I didn't enjoy this book very much, I recognize that it's likely because I need loveable characters in my favorite books. I recognize it as a classic, and therefore, it gets a higher rating. :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Death, and Car accident

lizkocher's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Car accident, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse

joygarcialim's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? Yes

3.25

The story of a mass of toxic characters, being observed by Carraway- it’s impressively written, well ahead of its time. The narration was wonderfully crafted and Fitzgerald truly has a way with writing that makes it sombre, even without referencing much to Carraway’s own emotions as the novel unfolded.

For such a short book though, it started off really slow and the build-up to the climax was slow too. 

I don’t really think Fitzgerald wrote with the intention to flesh out the characters, there is a lack of backstory to all of them except Gatsby. As much as I hated Daisy and Tom, Carraway was ostensibly acquainted with them yet didn’t have much to say about them. The dialogues were confusing at times too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Classism, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: War