so, i'm not sure if i liked this book enough to rate it 4 stars? which i guess is weird, since i just rated it 4 stars, but let me explain. 
 when i first read it, i would probably have rated it a 3 or 2.5. i liked the story, but faulkner's writing made me want to personally throw as i lay dying into the fiery pits of hell. but then mr. klein (my ap lang teacher) explained the writing, and my brain was like, "magic." so now i have to rate it 4 stars out of sheer respect for faulkner's brilliance, but i'm not sure if i liked it as much as i liked other books i rated 4 stars? 
 hey, at least i get to say i read faulkner and thought he was brilliant like a pretentious snob. thanks for that, mr. klein.