I reread this because I'm teaching it this year. When I first read this in high school, I didn't understand it or enjoy it. But rereading it I enjoyed it a lot more. The language is rich and the characters richer. Most of the characters are hateful in a way that's enjoyable and real. Originally I didn't catch the love story. To be fair to my younger self this isn't really a love story. Instead it's about the danger of putting someone on a pedestal, changing your entire life around that person, and expecting them to never change. It's also about how awful rich people are, how relatable is that.