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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

5 reviews

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Abandonment, Blood, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Infertility, Cancer, Dysphoria, and Racism

zeldamazzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Eating disorder

hayley_mariep's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Misogyny, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, War, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

piperclover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

I went into this thinking I would hate it but I came out of it recommending it to everyone. It's a character and relationship study more than anything else so there's no gripping plot and instead you're just listening to the chronological story of her marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald  As if Zelda was telling it as a story to say a grandchild. From a story perspective, Zelda as a character is so interesting and I really loved her and by the end I hated Scott so desperately.  Zelda is so self aware and she questions her own motives and justifications in the context of the 1920s and 30's which is just a really interesting look at women in the time period. 


So interesting, the narrator is fantastic, and even though there's no real plot, I was still enjoying every chapter because the writing style is so easy to sink into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Medical content, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexism, Abortion, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault

The alcoholism, cheating, and medical content are basically the entire last half of the book. I think by our standards we would say that Scott was abusive and manipulative but I don't think that in the time period he would have been labeled of that so I'm not sure if it's fair to put that warning in the tags?

taynicole2698's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

I never thought the words “Scott, dear, you’re a b*tch” would appear in my annotations. It’s so sad, so infuriating, and so enthralling. The author did a wonderful job. This was a cery difficult read emotionally. I doubt that I would ever reread this book, but I enjoyed it. My biggest critique would be the heavy repetition, but I do think that it serves a purpose by allowing the reader to have a glimpse at just how exhausted Zelda must have been. This being said, I did feel that the middle dragged and the ending rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide