I've been meaning to read this book for a while, and I'm so glad I finally got the opportunity to. "Unwind" is set in a futuristic time when the second war was fought over reproductive rights, with a chilling resolution: life is inviolable from the time of conception to the age of thirteen. From thirteen to eighteen, parents can have their children "unwound," in which they are taken apart and all of their bodies are transplanted into other people, so their lives don't technically end. The book follows three different children: Conner, a troubled kid whose parents have him unwound after one too many fights, Risa, a ward of the state who is signed off to be unwound because she has no valuable skills, and Lev, a tithe (literally), whose parents chose to have him unwound as a tithe to god. The story follows the three of them meeting, separating, and meeting up again, as well as their individual journeys and explores what life is like for them, and for people of this new and altered society. It's pretty disturbing what lengths people will go to in order to spite others, and this book shows this somewhat. I really enjoyed it, as everything about it was superb--the writing, the characters, the world building, and I love that there was an explanation for why everything was happening. The character development itself was amazing, and I loved that there was absolutely no love triangle going on, so no need to worry. Even though these are extreme situations, the characters and their reactions still felt incredibly real, and that's probably what made me love this book the most. I'm a bit worried about the sequel, since this book wraps up so nicely, but I look forward to exploring more of the strange, terrifying world Neal Shusterman has succeeded in building with "Unwind."