I took a chance on this book, its outside what i normally read. 

First the biggest thing that bothered me was the choice of narrator as Abi was identified as having (being?) a female voice. I would prefer a more neutral voice, think Siri, that would make it creepier too. Uncanny. Valley type.I think i would’ve liked the book at bit more reading it on my own.

The pace was quite slow for me up until the end, it had me somewhat uninterested but i pushed through. 

There was a lot of characters to keep track of, it was difficult at times as the narrator didn’t differentiate the voices much. I felt like i needed a family tree of sorts for the characters or at least the main families.. 

the mystery was alright but a bit predictable because of the conservation at the beginning of the book. 

I liked the characters and Emory’s growth as a character, i felt bad for her from the start as she was isolated for being curious in nature and questioned things people would rather ignore blissfully.

I didn’t like the elders once i learned that the villagers die at 60 even when healthy and the elders get to live on how long they want essentially, this was before we found out they weren’t human, but that didn’t change much for me. 

Abi was always creepy idc. A voice in your head tracking everything you do,say, and think, that can control you at whim, no thanks. Good riddance..