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

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The Great Gatsby is the great American novel that everyone read in school and hated except for me. Reading this novel as an adult may have helped me appreciate the underlying melancholy of being unable to let go of the past and thus being unable to fully live in the present. High school Guts would have not yet fully lived through these emotions and would more than likely have focused on the class analysis which is certainly a valid lens through which to critique the novel but as an adult reading it for the first time I was struck by the humanity of the characters complicated relationships and friendships; of love lost and regained and lost again. Also I read the novel in Toby Maguire's voice in my head which helped. Bad movie, great book. Many such cases.