This is a 7/10 for me. I enjoyed it but I couldn't help but feel I was reading a version of the Handmaid's Tale for the facebook generation. Although we're told it was an act of biological terrorism that has stopped women being able to get pregnant successfuly and to full term, this is never really explained and the additional groups ionvolved in the more political aspect of the book are not developed enough for me. It is written in an almost diary style, so we are seeing everything through Jessie's eyes, so if Jessie isn't interested in it we don't hear any more about it. This one dimension approach has many interesting stengths though- a reserved retelling of extraordinary events, an insight into the maturing mind of a teenager desperate to change the world and a slow, creeping feeling that something big is about to happen. On reflection, i'm delighted this made the Booker longlist, but not surprised it didn't make the Shortlist. I wonder if they were aiming for the "Room" market when this was selected?