The Interestings

This showed up on several best of 2013 lists, and it especially caught my eye because the titular group of protagonists all meet at a summer camp, and I'm a sucker for a camp story, and also for stories about pretentious young people. I could def see where another person could hate this book for all the reasons I loved it, but, I loved it. I loved how richly developed the characters were, and how honest & flawed & interesting they all were. It was also a bit of a page-turner for me–some of the ups & downs for the characters' lives were shocking and compelling, but even the more mundane moments captivated me for how honestly portrayed they were.