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The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

18 reviews

saritaadam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

La prochaine fois qu'on me dit "maIs POurQuOi cHaNGeR lA RacE dES PerSoNaGEs" je leur donne ce livre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Terminal illness and War

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

5.0

Slow-paced is definitely true, but I enjoyed it as a retelling of the Great Gatsby that explores the queer elements of the story and adds some true fantasy as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Murder

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

lolajh's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

Wow. What a rollercoaster. Such a promising lead up,

I loooooved Jordan in the original, and was really rooting for an eventual romance between her and Daisy in this 😫 It fr would have been so perfect for Daisy to realise at the very end she didn’t care for Tom or Gatsby and instead Jordan had been there waiting for her the whole time. They kissed and had such a homoerotic relationship already it would have been perfect

but a much weaker middle

Nick and Jordan’s relationship made me so mad it was so toxic and jordan didn’t even really like him

and end

WHAT THE FUCK EVEN HAPPENED

, especially regarding the magical realism fantasy bits that I really feel didn’t properly meld with the rest of the book. A lot of things were really disappointing, especially regarding the likability of Jordan as a main character when she was one of the only redeeming qualities I could find about the original.  Jordan seemed quite manipulative and fake a lot of the time, and none of this was really explained.

A perfect explanation for her choosing to stay with Nick all that time while she internally complained about him would be that she was FUCKING IN LOVE WITH DAISY yet she never (properly) admitted that and instead just gaslighted Daisy at the end when they were so close to actually addressing their relationship. Even if they just remained friends, I would’ve loved to see them have a happy ending together, even if Jordan had to go with her and Tom. I feel like the fight between them over Gatsby running over that girl was weird and Daisy was just obviously traumatised like everyone else was by seeing a dead body, especially when Daisy actually saw Gatsby kill them and then went through him dying as well.

I loved Daisy, honestly wishing all the best for her and was rooting for her the whole time. Her character is just so real, I loved her in the original as well and think she was written well in this. Just the direction this book went and different weird elements like the fantasy stuff and a hint of incest???? Where jordan got jealous of Daisy flirting with Nick (Daisy and Nick are cousins????) Weird plot point, but anyway. I shouldn’t have gone into this hoping for certain things

like a sapphic romance

because the author never promised that and that isn’t fair. Was still disappointed anyway, but oh well!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

rachel17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m stunningly confused about this book. I detest The Great Gatsby, and I was surprised that this book was an alternate telling of the same story, from the perspective of Jordan. Honestly, this felt like two stories smashed together, and I desperately would have preferred to read the mystical, profound exploration of queer and Asian American identity, without any of the Gatsby aspects.
The writing was exceptionally beautiful, and I very much want to read other books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

itsheyfay's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

kodiex's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and War

angelaocmon's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Xenophobia and Abortion

Minor: Vomit

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I don’t remember specifics of The Great Gatsby’s language to comment on it as an adaptation, but I thought the book was great. At first the Gatsby stuff seemed the weakest, but it came around. I was surprised by certain plot points and not by others, but it was a fun intrigue and glamour. I would reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, and Abortion

Minor: Vomit and War

maxgdy's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

all the fun starts in the last 20% of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail