I bought this because my husband has been trying to get books for my daughter to read. She is not a reader at all, and we are trying to find a genre that she will read. Well, this was one that my husband liked as a kid, so we got it for her to read. My husband read the book in a couple of hours, and handed it to her. She read about one page, and the book has not moved since. the story is good, the writing is very good...just not her cup of tea.