I picked up this book as a BookClub read, and it seemed that many of the other readers had read this book in school. I can see why a teacher might want to share this book with a teen audience. It is a pretty good science-fiction Dystopian story. When I first cracked the book I felt like it had a certain similarity to Logan's Run in the sense of quiet population control and comfortable systems that people would not question.

My only issue with the story is that the pace suffers a little. I feel like the story creates a relatable town, that makes sense, and the whole suggestion of the story is that as young people we should be critical of the systems of control in our communities and lives. There are some slightly disturbing parts of the story that might come as a shock to sensitive readers, but this is often the way with Dystopian novels.

This is the first of a series of novels and functions just fine as a standalone.