This is not your average happy go lucky book. It is intense! I should have prepared myself a little better for that. Once I got used to that I really got into Eve. It is pretty graphic in parts and it deals with a lot of serious subject matter, but it is so well written. So well written.

Death, killings, and rape are normally not my cup of tea, but you have to put everything into context in this future dystopian world. It is not a place that I would like to be. (well, no one would like to be there I imagine)

Eve has been taught such bizarre things and she has such an incomplete view of the world. She is such a smart girl, I would have thought that would bug her more. I know it would bug me to find out everything I had been taught was wrong. I really liked Eve though, I thought she was a really complex character, and I was really invested in her well being. I loved that she wanted to teach the little boys how to read. That was so sweet. And Caleb was such a great guy. I was on team Caleb the whole time- I never gave up my faith in him. He was willing to sacrifice so much for her. He broke my heart.

Speaking of breaking my heart, I was not prepared for all the death and destruction. This book really got to me, it affected me. And even though it made me really sad multiple times, it was great! The story it told was so powerful.

The ending of Eve killed me! Totally killed me. I was so upset, I just sat there gaping for a good few minutes. There are a lot of things left unfinished and I need to read the next book. I have to know what happens. Eve is beautifully written, which is not easy to accomplish when you are writing about such destruction. Great book!