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 We Are The Ants is one of the craziest books I've ever read and it manages to be both a brutally honest coming-of-age tale and an odd alien invasion tale. Shaun David Hutchinson interweaves the best aspects of contemporary and sci-fi literature to create one of the most satisfying books I've read in years. There's something so undeniably perfect about this book and I found myself reading this book into the early hours of the morning. When I finally finished this book, I wanted to hug Hutchinson and thank him for writing this all-too-important book. 
 This could be the end of the world. Henry Denton has been abducted by aliens and they have given him the choice whether or not to avert the apocalypse. All he has to do is press a big red button, but Henry isn't sure he wants life to go on. His boyfriend Jesse has committed suicide, his grandmother has dementia and he's bullied at school. Maybe it would just be easier to let everything end... 
 The life-threatening desperation that Henry feels is extremely clear and I felt my heart break for him constantly. It was hard on me emotionally to read about Henry's mourning of Jesse because it struck a chord within me. At times, I debated whether or not to put the book aside briefly to compose my emotions because I was just verklempt. I loved Henry so much and his character is easily one of the best depictions of an individual struggling with depression. 
 I really hoped that he would find the strength in himself to live and carry on. I wanted to just jump into the book and be there for Henry, but I'm glad he had Diego. Diego helps Henry find a will to live and I shipped them so hard because they were adorable together. In some YA books, the romance becomes a cure-all for the character's depression or mental illness, but that's not the case. Diego does not fix Henry, but allows him to confront his inner demons and seek the proper help that he needs. 
 As a work of science fiction, We Are The Ants is a superb, high-stakes adventure. Even though the abductions are frequent, each one manages to be engaging and entertaining. The stakes get higher with each and every abduction and so, readers constantly have an impetus to keep on reading. Not only that, but these aliens are the weirdest, most effed up creatures I've seen in YA. 
 We Are The Ants is Shaun Hutchinson's best book yet: it's brilliant, subversive and oh my god, you all need it. If you loved Challenger Deep or Grasshopper Jungle, this novel will totally be up your alley. I will never stop praising We Are The Ants and with good reason, it's epic in scope and absolutely extraordinary.