From the first page, I found the book to be extremely interesting. The descriptions of the place simultaneously allow me an accurate mental image with sensations, sights, perspectives, sounds, and even smells, while not over describing so I am overwhelmed. While nothing of importance has happened yet, the main character is introduced to us (Gene). He visits his old school, and reflects on how so very little has changed since he left. The observations he makes on the calm harmony of the place is mentioned to be something he wishes in himself. There is a very fast, almost disorienting time switch back to his time at Devon. Gene's friend Phineas is introduced as an athletic, confident daredevil when he is the youngest person to jump off the tree into the river. Gene is then pressured into jumping after Phineas, however Gene refuses Phineas' teasing. The chapter ends with the two boys wrestling, missing dinner, and going to bed.
Most of the time, by this point, I would have found the book to be boring and uneventful, however the way it is written is engaging and foreshadows to future conflict.
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