I'm torn as to how I feel for this one. It is an incredibly good dystopian middle grade and I definitely enjoyed reading it. However, I wasn't really a big fan of the ending. I appreciate the approach of it and the writing was definitely good, but (without spoiling it) it just wasn't...enough. However, I liked the writing and the creation of the dystopian world enough that I will be continuing on with the series. I'm interested to see where Lowry takes this and there are a lot of questions I have about the society that I'm hoping will be answered in the additional books. Lois Lowry continues to be a middle grade author who I wish I would have read when I was in the target audience for her novels. Better late than never...