What I enjoyed about this book is how real this situation could have been. Ahmed took a real world situation and played it out for us the way that it likely would have taken place.

The reason that I can't give this a higher rating though is because Layla annoyed the crap of me. 

Literally random people come into her home late at night and tell them that they're being "relocated" and her first thought isn't where they're going or the safety of herself or her parents, it's her boyfriend...

And then there's her whole flirtationship with Jake despite the fact that she's supposedly so in love with David. She gets slapped around by the Director and after she doesn't wonder where her parents are or if they're safe....she wonders why Jake hasn't come to see her. I guess his death prevented a weird ass triangle but they could have just been friends instead of it being hella awkward every time they saw each other

 

Otherwise it brings up a really great conversation about the state of America.