Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Alcohol use, Death, Infidelity, Classism, Murder, Misogyny, Racism/bigotry, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident / crash, Suicide, Grief, Toxic relationships
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Come for the famous parties if you want, but stay for how precisely Fitzgerald turns want into self-destruction. It is the rare school-assigned classic that still has teeth.
Goodreads 3.9/5 5,921,540 ratings
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Length180 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Class difference
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Thought-provoking
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- Mysterious stranger
- Forbidden love
- Taboo / forbidden
- Perspective shift
- Morally gray
- One-sided pining
- Longing glances
- Cathartic release
- Star-crossed
Fantasy promise
- Literary fiction
- Second chance
- Big city / metropolis
- Historical
- Humans only
- The one that got away
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- Manor house / estate
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Melancholic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Nostalgic
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- Atmospheric
- Bittersweet
- Reflective
- Sharp
- Brooding
- Literary
- Somber
- Cynical
- Forbidden desire
- Power corrupts
- Morally complex
- Gut punch ending
- The long game
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Different because
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 180 pages
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book