#8: Most overrated book

I'm sorry, it's F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

It's considered a modern classic for no apparent reason: the writing isn't particularly great. The plot isn't particularly compelling. I didn't care too much for the characters. The only thing that stays with me is that the narrator's name is Nick and there's a girl called Daisy that Gatsby is keen on.

I extracted no sense of wonder, no satisfaction, no literary ephiphany from this book. I heartily envy all you people out there who revere this book, who found something in it that I could not. To me it's just "not bad", which in the context of its status makes it overrated.

I much prefer Nicki Greenberg's version, which I won at a National Young Writers' Festival event a few years ago.

Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favourite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favourite writer
Day 14 – Favourite book of your favourite writer
Day 15 – Favourite male character
Day 16 – Favourite female character
Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favourite romance book
Day 21 – Favourite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favourite book you own
Day 23 – A book you've wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favourite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favourite book of all time

I'd like to thank Sarah Jansen for her tweet about this, as well as The Literary Gothamite and Confessions of a Book Lush for the good idea.