3.5 stars? I don't know. I sort of got stuck around 100 pages or so in and had a hard time picking this back up. But once I did, I couldn't put it down. 
 I've sort of got mixed feelings about it all. Because on one hand there was a lot of really cool commentary lurking just under the surface--about control, governments, politicians, freedoms... all topics that are really timely right now. But on the other hand, the characters all felt really flat. Aside from Kira and debatably Samm, they were all just plot devices. 
 And there were a lot of really abrupt character deaths. And not abrupt in a good way, as in shocking, but abrupt as in I had to go back an reread paragraphs because suddenly someone had died. (view spoiler)[Also, if we're going to set up expectations about who is or isn't a Partial and then not deliver until so far into the book... Ugh, I don't know. The reveal was just disappointing. Or lacking. (hide spoiler)] 
 That being said, there was a lot of interesting worldbuilding at work here. And I appreciated that. And I am a sucker for a good conspiracy. So I think I'm probably in for book 2.