Well I was 15 when it came out and since it was summer I was still awake when my dad came home after midnight from work. I was watching one of the movies and the next thing I know my dad is behind me and drops something in my lap. He went to the bookstore before he came home the night it was released for me. I stayed up until 3 reading and then went to bed for a few hours. Soon as I got back up I picked the book up and had it finished by 1 in the afternoon. It was a wonderful book to read in one sitting.