"squid games" this, "the bachelor" that. baby, this was its OWN fucking story and i was HOWLING the whole way through. of course you're gonna recognize similarities to the hunger games, squid games, kiera cass's the selection. there's even elements from the movies the purge: anarchy, ready or not, and you're next. but NONE of those things combined can explain the sheer mania that was this novel. none of these comparisons will prepare you for the nonstop satirical exploration of what would crazy-ass, extremely rich, classist and racist white people do if no one ever told them no. and what would a girl who has fought twice as hard all her fucking life do to survive it. this was everything to me. soooo insanely good.