Description:
Thalli has fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live. The toxic gas that will complete her annihilation is invading her bloodstream. But she is not afraid.
Thalli is different than others in The State. She feels things. She asks questions. And in the State, this is not tolerated. The Ten scientists who survived the nuclear war that destroyed the world above believe that emotion was at the core of what went wrong—and they have genetically removed it from the citizens they have since created. Thalli has kept her malformation secret from those who have monitored her for most of her life, but when she receives an ancient piece of music to record as her community’s assigned musician, she can no longer keep her emotions secreted away.
Seen as a threat to the harmony of her Pod, Thalli is taken to the Scientists for immediate annihilation. But before that can happen, Berk—her former Pod mate who is being groomed as a Scientist—steps in and persuades the Scientists to keep Thalli alive as a test subject.
My Review:
The premise of this book throughly intrigued me as I’m an avid dystopian reader ever since I read Hunger Games in 2009. While the writing was superb and the character sympathetic, I was slightly disappointed with this novel.
I had a hard time following the distorted reality and what was real versus simulation. It made the main character feel unreliable at times as a narrator. (I had the same issues with Mockingjay, book three in the Hunger Games series, so that isn’t a bad thing!) 😉
That said, the hero and dystopian world is excellent and I look forward to what Mcgee does in the next book.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
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