A review by mukundshm
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

emotional funny mysterious 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

As with most classic novels, this is an incredible book that everybody should read when they get the time. It’s seriously amazing. 

Of course, the writing is expectedly brilliant with some lines that absolutely grip you. Unbelievable prose all around. 

The plot is also pretty gripping (if a little basic by modern standards) and you can really feel yourself getting sucked into the world of West Egg. 

The only knock against the book is that it feels like it ended sort of rapidly? The tempo/pace of the climax was a bit off compared to the other parts of the book. 

Still definitely worth a read, though! 

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Content Warnings

This is a book that, at is core, is about early 20th-century New York. Of course, it has a plot - the Narrator Nick Carraway’s observation of his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, their affairs and marital struggles, and Nick’s neighbour Jay Gatsby. It is, at some level, social commentary about the elite (whether or not it was intentional).