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Violence
Some
Gatsby's world of violence; deaths and dangerous encounters in the original story
Language
Barely any
Period-authentic language; mild throughout
Sexual Content
A lot
Queer sexuality; Jordan's relationships depicted with frank intimacy
Substance Use
A lot
Prohibition-era alcohol is constant and central to the world; heavy drinking throughout
Emotional Intensity
Some
Racial displacement and passing, the dream as exclusionary myth, desire and its cost
What this book is about
Jordan Baker is reimagined as a Vietnamese adoptee raised in Louisville who now moves through the upper crust of Jazz Age New York — one of the only people of color in that gilded world. Magic is real: gin from a glass that cuts your future, paper figures that live, doors that open onto other decades. Nghi Vo's lush retelling of The Great Gatsby centers the person Fitzgerald kept at the margins, and asks what the American Dream actually costs those it was never meant to include.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
explicit sexual content in queer relationships
heavy alcohol use as cultural element
Jazz Age racial dynamics
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