I am from Argentina and read it in english last year. I really liked it, Scott Fitzgerald certainly had one of the most beautiful prose of his generation. The way he describes the city, the docks or when he talks about the midwest during winter in one of the last chapters, really powerful images. It is one of those books in which the plot isn't really the main course though. The story itself is pretty simple, it is the way it is told and the character study that makes it captivating. It is obviously very critical of the vapidness and materialism of the roaring 20's but it's never heavyhanded, even Gatsby you can't help but feel a little sorry about him, he's apparently living the dream, but behind the façade he's really insecure and lonely.