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Candor by Pam Bachorz
3.0

This is another one (like [b:Matched|7735333|Matched (Matched, #1)|Ally Condie|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311704885s/7735333.jpg|9631645]) that I only picked up because my library teens were raving about it. As you may know I'm not generally the biggest fan of dystopias, so keep that in mind. Like Matched, it sounds like another cookie cutter dystopia whatever, and it basically was. The premise of a small, opt-in dystopia (wealthy parents move to this town that's full of brainwashing messages to make their kids behave and make everyone lose weight) was compelling, but the execution was a little meh. The annoying overweight kid was pretty cliche (even in the face of brainwashing he's mostly motivated by M&Ms) and the way the male narrator kept referring to his girlfriend "my girl" grated on me. Really I would give this book 2 stars except that I found myself continuing to think about the ending after I finished it. For me, a 2 star book with a 3 star ending. But my dystopia-loving teen library patrons dig it.