The only reason this is getting 2 stars instead of 1 from me is because I know it was such a groundbreaking story for this genre. But it's very old, and the writing shows. There were a lot of words that I didn't know the meaning of. And it just seems like a bunch of rambling to me. Is this a bad book? Not by any means. It just wasn't the book for me. I realize that many people have nothing but good praises for this book, and I'm glad they can enjoy it. It just didn't mix well with me.