I read that my junior year in HS, i hated the book at first, but then I ended up having to do a paper on it, skimmed through it, kinda got the story...
I ended up reading the last 4 chapters, at that point I re-read the whole book and loved it, one of my favorites.
The first few chapters of the book, i have the hardest time trying to focus and get my interest into the book, i like to read how it ends first, then figure out the smaller details