Okay. I'll admit it. I liked it this time. It has been so long since I read it (sophomore year in high school() that I didn't remember how the story went, and I was surprised by some of the things that happened. I felt myself caring about the characters and being driven by the plot. There are times that the language gets a little flowery, but not enough for me to care. What I learned from this is that you can HATE and not understand a book when you're younger, and change your mind later on.