![]() ![]() When I saw this arc on offer with your name attached, I jumped at the description of it before realizing that it would be a retelling of the story. Frankly, the plot and characters never interested me. ![]() ![]() She just has to learn how.įirst let me confess that I’ve never read “The Great Gatsby” and have only managed to force myself to watch bits and pieces of the 1974 movie. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.īut the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society-she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. Jayne B- Reviews / Book Reviews 1920s / abortion / bisexual / class differences / Dark Fantasy / Historical / horror / immigrant / Jazz Age / LGBTQIAP+ / literary adaptation / New York City / POC / POC author / racism / social privilege 4 Comments JREVIEW: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo ![]()
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