I chose to read this because one of my patrons voted for it as their best MSBA book of the year. I can see how a child would like it, but as an adult, I found it to be derivative of other dystopians I had read, and a fair amount of plot holes/ Letta not figuring out semi-obvious things. I DID really like the ending, which did not tie up neatly. So, for a kid who hasn't read a bunch of these types of stories yet? Good. For an adult who has? Not so much.