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maryparapluie's review against another edition
4.0
I read the actual book in high school-- loved it. I had some Audible credits and thought it would be good to get a refresher, so I downloaded the audiobook read by Tim Robbins. This is a great audiobook-- Robbins achieves the impossible: he does voices for all the characters and none of them are annoying. His own voice, as the narrator/Nick Carraway, is perfectly expressive and a pleasure to listen to.
As for the book itself, I've come to the conclusion that the less you understand it, the more you like it. I still think it's a fantastic book, but the enjoyment I felt when I read it in high school has mostly been replaced by a more nuanced understanding of the characters and the consequences of their various types of morality.
As for the book itself, I've come to the conclusion that the less you understand it, the more you like it. I still think it's a fantastic book, but the enjoyment I felt when I read it in high school has mostly been replaced by a more nuanced understanding of the characters and the consequences of their various types of morality.
vaizzz's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
danterigel's review against another edition
5.0
5/5
[Next review contains spoiler about both Trimalchio and The Great Gatsby]
I'd say I'm started as a dreamer, just as Gatsby did. I did believe in most of the charming ornaments at both side of the path that we both were walking through. But right in this moment, I'm just disgusted as Nick.
Reading Trimalchio just revived all the magic that I felt in the original Gatsby. And, as I don't think I reviewed Gatsby yet, I'll just tell what I did love of him. I first watched the movie, and all the magic and gathering of all the broken things that just sharped the spirit of what I saw that was Gatsby. All the loneliness that bleed the movie just made me fell in love.
Reading The Great Gatsby for first time was watching that all the fake sadness that I had was just a unreal and tainted vision of what Baz Luhrmann believed in his Gatsby. But the one from Scott Fitzgerald just was crashed with all the weight of the cruelty of the reality of his time. I didn't feel betrayed, because those two vision of Gatsbyjust showed us the reality of being a dreamer in a world where the dreams just can stayed broken.
Watching the way of the world of Gatsbywas really conceived, in the mind of F. Scott Fitzgerald was simply beautiful. Walking in the same path of loneliness, love, despair and, disillusion was gorgeous.
If you lovedGatsby, you need to read this, to watch the birth of Gatsby and his raise and fall.
[Next review contains spoiler about both Trimalchio and The Great Gatsby]
I'd say I'm started as a dreamer, just as Gatsby did. I did believe in most of the charming ornaments at both side of the path that we both were walking through. But right in this moment, I'm just disgusted as Nick.
Reading Trimalchio just revived all the magic that I felt in the original Gatsby. And, as I don't think I reviewed Gatsby yet, I'll just tell what I did love of him. I first watched the movie, and all the magic and gathering of all the broken things that just sharped the spirit of what I saw that was Gatsby. All the loneliness that bleed the movie just made me fell in love.
Reading The Great Gatsby for first time was watching that all the fake sadness that I had was just a unreal and tainted vision of what Baz Luhrmann believed in his Gatsby. But the one from Scott Fitzgerald just was crashed with all the weight of the cruelty of the reality of his time. I didn't feel betrayed, because those two vision of Gatsbyjust showed us the reality of being a dreamer in a world where the dreams just can stayed broken.
Watching the way of the world of Gatsbywas really conceived, in the mind of F. Scott Fitzgerald was simply beautiful. Walking in the same path of loneliness, love, despair and, disillusion was gorgeous.
If you lovedGatsby, you need to read this, to watch the birth of Gatsby and his raise and fall.
thaliasheriff's review against another edition
5.0
Fitzgerald does what many authors fail to encapsulate in their writing - the truly grotesque behaviour of the privileged class. Readers are taken through a journey of loving and then ultimately hating Daisy Buchanan, and her reluctance to give up wealth and status for love. It truly surmises the upper American class in 1920s. What truly makes the book a masterpiece is none other than the titular character, Jay Gatsby. His raw emotion and, dare I say, obsession with Daisy is truly what leaves readers in awe with his attempts to woe her. The failings of society - ultimately leave those excluded from the Boys Club to suffer, whilst the rich get richer and retreat to their vast sums of money. Nine chapters of pure, descriptive literary genius that truly represents the failures of the American Dream and marks the fall of someone who climbed to the top.
eantoinette285's review against another edition
5.0
I just heard of this title a week or so ago. With Gatsby being my favorite since I first read it at the age of fifteen (too long ago), and having seen the movie three times so far, I had to give this a go. I'm baffled that as an English major that I haven't heard of this version sooner, but I'm really glad I did. No one writes such whimsical worlds as Fitzgerald and this early version gave me even more insight to the world I wish I could live in. Some of the characters are down-right despicable, but even with his dark mystery, Gatsby balances them out by being the eternal romantic, gentleman, and hopeful dreamer. Now I understand Leonardo DiCaprio's version of him so much better having read this version. Like the commercials say, the summer belongs to Gatsby. If you are a Fitzgerald diehard like I am, you'll thoroughly enjoy this early edition.
PS- read the very end of the book to discover to meaning of why Fitzgerald named this Trimalchio. It's just brilliant and so enchanting. Doesn't quite hold a place in your heart the way "Gatsby" does, but it's extremely powerful with such great meaning. Ok, I'm done gushing about everything Gatsby now. Enjoy!
PS- read the very end of the book to discover to meaning of why Fitzgerald named this Trimalchio. It's just brilliant and so enchanting. Doesn't quite hold a place in your heart the way "Gatsby" does, but it's extremely powerful with such great meaning. Ok, I'm done gushing about everything Gatsby now. Enjoy!
ashleymartaza's review against another edition
3.0
A perfectly fine book, though I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to because my teacher wouldn't stop forcing us to analyze every little detail we came across. I could have read it all in about three hours and loved it, but that's life I suppose.
labecateca's review against another edition
1.0
Este libro es pésimo.
Nulo desarrollo de personajes (que por cierto son todos insoportables). La historia es completamente predecible de la segunda mitad en adelante, durante la primera mitad no pasa nada. NADA.
No entiendo porque está catalogado como uno de los mejores libros de todos los tiempos.
Nulo desarrollo de personajes (que por cierto son todos insoportables). La historia es completamente predecible de la segunda mitad en adelante, durante la primera mitad no pasa nada. NADA.
No entiendo porque está catalogado como uno de los mejores libros de todos los tiempos.