I will give it this...the book is an easy read. I'm still trying to figure out why it is such a classic. It's not a bad book, I just didn't necessarily find it riveting. Finished it in two days and had to check online at the SparkNotes to make sure I didn't miss something as I was left slightly dumbfounded when I was done. Turns out I followed the plot just fine, understood everything that was going on. Maybe I'm just a simpleton or maybe I set my standards too high or low, but I left this book feeling rather unimpressed for all the hype it has received.