Book Review: The Great Gatsby

I'm a member of a book club with very few limits. Our only limitations are to pick something in paper back so that it is more affordable for everyone, and if it is a series be sure to pick the first. So, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was chosen. This was a book I was assigned to read while in high school and chose to skip, but I did enjoy the movie with Robert Redford.        
The book read like one long alcohol induced dream, everything seemed hazy around the edges and disjointed. There was never a transition between topics, and everyone was constantly drunk in a life that was nothing but a 24 hour party. I found not a one of the characters to be likable, all of them were liars and weak. The book could have been told in a short story in only a few pages and would have translated across just fine. From someone who is usually a fan of anything from the 20's era, the only thing I can think to say nice about this book is that it is short and I only had to pay $2 for it.