the chosen and the beautiful book review

Hotter and Sexier: There are several semi-explicit scenes between Jordan and Nick, and in general the book makes it clear that the characters are definitely having sex.

Jordan notes that he seems almost more unhappy about the fact she forced him to spell out the threat, and thus stop pretending they're just buddies having a nice conversation, than about her attempt to refuse.

Affably Evil: Gatsby's effusively friendly, but he's also a very dangerous person, willing to threaten Jordan if she doesn't help him get a meeting with Daisy set up.Jordan is also in love with Daisy, who of course only loves Gatsby and Tom. All Love Is Unrequited: Nick is in love with Gatsby, who is fond of him and more than willing to sleep with him, but only really loves Daisy.It's also implied she covered for Tom when his reckless driving got a previous mistress of his killed. Here, however, she murders her paper double with absolutely no compunction, and actively covers up her killing of Myrtle by dragging the body off the road (as opposed to passively letting Gatsby take the rap).

Adaptational Villainy: While Daisy isn't a good person in Fitzgerald's version, she's not malicious, just shallow and selfish.Adaptational Sexuality: Nick is Ambiguously Gay / Ambiguously Bi in the original here he's very much sleeping with Gatsby as well as with Jordan, and the friend the rumors out West were about is a man, not a woman.Here, Myrtle rises as a ghost, and with an assist from Jordan, decides to hunt the Buchanans down. Adaptational Karma: In The Great Gatsby, there are never any consequences for Daisy killing Myrtle Wilson, or Tom getting Gatsby murdered by Myrtle's husband.Adaptational Diversity: Jordan Baker, who is traditionally depicted as a Caucasian woman in the original and other adaptations, is reimagined as an Vietnamese adoptee in this novel.This novel contains examples of the following tropes: Her life is forever shaken up when she crosses paths with known partygoer Jay Gatsby and naïve Nick Carraway. It is a Historical Fantasy retelling of The Great Gatsby told through the perspective of Jordan Baker as a queer, Asian socialite residing in 1920s New York City. This marks as her first full-length novel debut. The Chosen and the Beautiful is a 2021 novel by Nghi Vo.

The chosen and the beautiful book review