So no excuse for not reading it. 
To be honest, depending on your personal taste in novels, it may feel too dated to stick with, and I'd respect that. But at this point I'm not quite half way through, and I'm liking it a lot. I'm old enough (68) that the attitudes expressed in it were very familiar to me as I entered my teens and twenties. The rigidly defined roles for both men and women. The extreme of the the double standard. The absolute lack of career opportunities for women.
What I do like about the book is that more than one woman has a strong independent streak, and has a deep unease about the gender roles of the time. Because it was written back then, it's not women of a later era, expressing later feelings and beliefs (a common flaw in novels written after the time they're set in) but accurately reflects how some women rebelled as best they could against the restrictions placed on them.
Oh, and I got my copy from the library, so yours may also have it. If not, suggest it as a purchase.
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