Captivating. Read this in one sitting. I admit, I only bought this book because of the Picador Modern Classics Cover, and only meant to read the first chapter or so, but I could not put it down. The girls were interesting and intriguing, but it was the boys' reactions to the girls which enthralled me. The "we" narrator made the story. Captured so much, even though you didn't really know who was narrating, or how many people. A lot of the story was simple, mundane details, but it was written in a way that made it engrossing and un-put-down-able.