What a brutal read. I felt this book viscerally. Every chapter I needed to find out what happened next no matter how horrible the events would be. 

If you’re a parent or a teacher, I think this is definitely one you should recommend to your children as it can provide them with a lot more empathy and understanding of those who are living a very different reality than they themselves are. If you’re just looking for a good dystopian YA novel, I will say I haven’t felt this attached to a book of this genre since The Hunger Games.