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lizshayne 's review for:

3.5
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Great Gatsby is finally out of copyright. 
Is this where I confess that I haven’t read Gatsby since 9th grade and was extremely “meh” on it and have not read it since. 
And I still appreciated Vo’s retelling and the way that her shift in perspective (not so much the magic) deepens the menacing shadows and raises the stakes. I can’t decide whether anything will make me like the story itself and yet this does what it does so well. (Points docked for gatsbyness, idk even.)