"Oh what if The Great Gatsby was exactly the same but from Jordan's pov and there's some magic here and there. Also, everyone is gay except Tom, because he's the antagonist." 

This is not a retelling. It's fanfic. Self-insert fanfic. And it's such a shame because this would've been a brilliant low-fantasy set in the 1920s if it didn't try to follow the original plot happening beat for beat.

Why?? There was so much to be explored between orientalism and an actual original magic system and yet we spend time rehashing Great Gatsby scenes slightly to the left. It makes for great fanfic, but not so much for a novel.

The prose is truly beautiful and it deserved its own story to tell.