Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

271 reviews

lizzield's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Car accident, and Death

tia_nellie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism

mer6140's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

2023:  Re-read this book for my Classics Book Club. As always, we had a spirited discussion as to the themes of the book. However, I still did not enjoy reading it and I still hate all the characters - Gatsby is a con-man. Daisy is NOT a victim. Tom is still a horrible human being. Gatsby and Daisy's relationship is toxic AF. Daisy and Tom deserve each other and all their unhappiness. And Nick . . . This time around I really noticed something that I had forgotten from my first read, that Nick is our narrator, and he's a very unreliable one. He "thinks" he's above the superficial and vapid lifestyle of the rich and famous of East/West Egg, but he's in fact just like them. He just doesn't have the money.

2013:  Intellectually, I can see why this book has remained a classic.  It is a scathing social commentary on life in the 1920s, and maybe even specifically of upper class society in the northeast US.  But emotionally, I despised Gatsby, and Tom, and Daisy, and Jordan and many of the other secondary characters so much that reading this book was more torture than pleasure.  I had to force myself to finish this book (over 2.5 weeks!) just so I could say I have read it.  And then F. Scott Fitzgerald's book will join the ranks of the classic American novels that I despise, i.e., every book ever written by his friend and contemporary, Ernest Hemingway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Racism

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

viselik's review against another edition

Yeah... I'll pass. I could not handle Tom anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: 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

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Car accident, Blood, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Classism, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol

fishreads's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Daisy was insufferable. Gatsby deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Racism