This book was a car accident. While on one hand I couldn't stand it, I also couldn't pull myself away and wanted, needed, to know how it ended. Is that the mark of a good book? I'm not sure, but while I will never recommend it, and I'll make faces when you say you're reading it and ask my opinion, I will think about it. 
 Argh. I'm torn. 
 I really considered reading it with a class, but one scene toward the end made me think twice, that's for sure!