This is an adult dystopian which means a teenage love triangle doesn't dominate the storyline and there's little whining. The beginning was slow for me as you're dumped into a world in the far distant future. It takes a while to learn about the hero and set up his back story. I personally could have done without all the details on his transformation. It does pick up once he's in the school and the war games begin so I started to like it more and more. If I had the second book, I would jump right in to the next part of the trilogy.