sefs240's "The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century"

I always find it irritating to see “The Great Gatbsy” being included in the lists of great novels. I regard F. Scott Fitzgerald highy, and have heard great witticisms from him, but this book is simply immature. It has no brilliant plot; no brilliant ideas can be derived from it; and it is not even a good meditation on life. When I hear people say it is The Great American Novel, I just go like, “Are Americans that silly?” To just compare it to Melville’s masterpice, Moby Dick, makes me shudder. People please remove it from your list.