Barely eeked it’s way to four stars towards the end. The magic system is barley present at all but there’s some good payoff in the final pages that I suppose make it worthwhile. The rewriting of Gatsby with attention to foreigness, queerness, and general lack of privilege people who fall in those categories have was a nice change of pace from the original. I also enjoyed the exploration of the power dynamics between the three men, especially Nick’s overall passivity. I’ll probably be mulling over this one for a long time.