Two and a half stars, maybe. I hated the first third of it, though I also have to admit that my terrible mood was partly to blame. Then suddenly it got really engaging, so that I burned through the next 200-300 pages, but I finished and now I'm still not sure how I feel. I didn't care for the triangle, especially because Madeleine - though it's made clear how intelligent she is, and in many ways she is an empowered female character - sort of ends up being nothing but a catalyst for both Leonard and Mitchell's personal journeys. She and her parents are so wrapped up in their own privilege that they seem vapid despite being well educated and worldly, and Mitchell is basically a Nice Guy((tm)), waiting around for Madeleine to "realize" that she's supposed to be with him. I've been meaning to read Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides for years, and I would still very much like to do that, but I don't think this will be one of my favorites.