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I think I was annoyed because going into it I was told it was a dystopian novel, so I wanted this dystopian world laid out for me...which is something you don't get until you're something like 30 pages from the end.
I was also frustrated because the characters are far more passive than I could ever be, and Ruth is a jerk. And she's super important to the story (in that, it's like one-third about her), and I couldn't stop asking myself why everyone didn't tell her to go screw herself. I was really ...more
I was also frustrated because the characters are far more passive than I could ever be, and Ruth is a jerk. And she's super important to the story (in that, it's like one-third about her), and I couldn't stop asking myself why everyone didn't tell her to go screw herself. I was really ...more
This book did a nice job letting you know that something creepy was going on without ever coming right out and saying it. You know it's set in a dystopia, but for most of the book you can't put your finger on exactly what is wrong, which is kind of intriguing, but also was sometimes sooo subtle that I got bored.
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