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Dec 05, 2016Beatricksy rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book is a little bit preachy and a lot political. It's missing the detail/backstory it needs to be a proper dystopia, and it tastes too light to be science fiction (look, iPods!). It IS dystopia and it IS science fiction by the definition of the genres. But it doesn't have the same feel since the elements are either thrown at the audience in a fast info dump, glossed past, or entirely ignored. It's a long, hard look at the helplessness of the unwanted, and how people (especially adults) are prone to doing the bare minimum, if anything, to avoid responsibility. And how adults are really no more powerful than children when it comes down to it. Basically, it's the more violent version of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Which is good. But not what I expected.