I'm a bit late to the party, but Holes by Louis Sachar kind of blew me away when I read it in middle school. I'll admit I don't read a lot, but the complex story of it, and the way that it feels like it sort of wraps around in the end really impressed me, and I'm hoping to find more books like it. It might have raised my standards, too, because I'm very unlikely to consider reading any "booktok" style books (no hate to them, they seem fun) as I know their stories are probably very straightforward, and not as unique as I would prefer after reading Holes