My Impression of the "Great Gatsby"

I think my impression of the Great Gatsby is pretty much biased, since I've already read this book and absolutely hated it. I despised the story, didn't like the characters, and didn't like the turn of events that had happened. The story didn't appeal to me at all. Though it did struck a chord since it's deeply psychological at points - when it reflects on how the American dream has been reduced to a mere pursuit of wealth - the story as a whole didn't appeal to me at all.

For me, the Great Gatsby was simply a drama book filled with entangled relationships and with self-destructive and selfish characters. Tom, for example, though he is unfaithful to his wife Daisy, is still enraged when he discovers that she is, in turn, having an extramarital affair. Nick and Jordan's relationship is meaningless - just another wealthy boy expected to have a romantic entanglement with a beautiful girl his age. However the theme's main book - money - is very intriguing. Gatsby's use of money to throw over-the-top parties in an attempt to impress his love, Daisy, shows what the author tries to communicate through the whole novel. The fact that money has been too deeply ingrained in the American life. Money shouldn't be the way to a girl's heart - money shouldn't be at the center of anything really - but apparently that's what the American dream has been reduced to.