Yes, I know it's considered an all-time classic, but to me it was only okay, maybe more like 3.5 stars. More interesting as a character study than as a story (which didn't really go anywhere), it's easy to grow to hate the title character, whose only real interests seem to be status, self indulgence,and betrayal (both of people and principles). The author certainly was successful in describing all-too-common character traits of too many people.