Reviews

Trimalchio by F. Scott Fitzerald: A Facsimile Edition of the Original Galley Proofs for the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

emohan's review against another edition

4.0

For a book I was required to read for school, I was pleasantly pleased.

I liked it. I thought it was a good mixture of action and romance. The action of Gatsbys parties and his love for Daisy made the book.

yasminnobre's review against another edition

2.0

nick is clearly in love w gatsby that’s all

readingbooksinbed's review against another edition

4.0

Just as good as the first time. Ready for book club discussion now.

avpearson23's review against another edition

2.0

Probably closer to 1.5 stars. For the majority of the book it was just pretty boring. Then, when the exciting parts started in about the last two chapters or so, I was incredibly confused on what was going on. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read though, so...

teaandbooklover's review against another edition

5.0

My first Fitzgerald book.

First of all, let me say I just LOVE Fitzgerald's writing! So descriptive it keeps you reading.

The characters drove me nuts, I'm sure as Mr. Fitzgerald intended. They were all so pretentious, boring and haughty I wanted to smack the lot of them! Did anyone besides Nick have morals?

Having never heard much about this story nor seeing the movie, everything was new and fresh to me and I was hoping for a different ending. Daisy was less likable as the story progressed, and I was actually hoping they weren't together as it neared the end. And I was kinda hoping someone would kick Tom's ass.

But the writing style of F. Scott, wow! I'm off to read his other books.

shelby_hannahh's review against another edition

5.0

You're probably thinking "Shelby. How do you know the exact date you're finishing this?" I have a schedule i have to follow for my honors English class and that says when we're finishing it. So I'm just marking it as read now.

EDIT: 6/14/16

After having finished this and thought about it for a few days, I can 100% say this is my second favorite "classic" after To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a really small margin, this one is really close to the level of my love for TKAM. And that's high praise.

emmaarrighi's review against another edition

very happy to report that the version of this that should have been published was published! the characters in this were messy, rough around the edges, and incorrectly and not fully formed. the writing in some parts was super clunky, and this whole thing was like devoid of commas. nick was still somewhat subtextually gay in this, but is served no purpose? he was not gay for gatsby like in the published version, and The Smile, almost a character in itself, was noticeably absent. gatsby is not painted as some grand character who is full of mystery and wonder and who nick feels this undying love for. it’s odd, because this book comes to the same conclusions about the characters that the published version does, but this time you’re like, where did that come from? daisy was so much more likeable in this version, and she was willing to run away with gatsby, and it really was his fault everything fell apart. also, when it came to daisy, gatsby was VILLAINOUS, feeling entitled, like he owned her, with no masked sweetness from nick’s narration. nick ended up saying the same things about gatsby at the end as in the published version, but there wasn’t any proof in his previous narration to support it, because like i said, devoid of adoration for gatsby. also the party in chapter 6 instead now has a harvest theme and nick wears overalls and a fake goatee??? overall, i am SO glad the revised edition was the one that was ultimately published, because it fixed the prose and every sentence is beautiful. also, i think it was much more tactful and interesting of fitzgerald to have gatsby adored by nick in much the same way that gatsby adores daisy. i think the changes he made were good ones, and reading this was very illuminating