I'm somewhat undecided on my feelings for this novel.  It was a book I had on my shelf since I was in grade school, but never got around to reading it.
I recently picked it up for a reading challenge and wasn't especially impressed.  I felt that the story moved slowly for the majority of the first half of the book, and it wasn't until the last two chapters that I was really pulled in and wanted to get to the end of the story.