This is not the type of novel I would normally choose for myself, but I read it to help out a student I am tutoring in English. I found being able to discuss it with her made it more exciting for both of us, and I purposely kept pace with her so that neither of us would spoil it for the other. I think I built it up too much in my mind, thinking that there was going to be some big revelation at the end. I suppose there was in a way, but I'd predicted it for quite some time, so there weren't really any surprises. An interesting commentary on society, one that is relevant even 60 years after its publication, which is to the book's credit. It definitely had the feel of an English novel study, however.