Taking a side character perspective of The Great Gatsby I was expecting more subversion and a new lens to the classic. But what I found instead was a book that seemed not to interrogate with the original material enough. I have loved some of Vo’s other novellas and so I was so excited for this queer Asian retelling of The Great Gatsby – which was a book I really did not enjoy ever since my first reading of it. The Chosen and the Beautiful broke my heart because I wanted so much more from it. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley.
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