There is a reason why this book remains relevant. Reading this was engaging because this dystopia seems so realistic to the world we live in. Things get just crazy enough for it all to remain believable. enough touchstones to our current world to keep it in tune while also being vague enough with its timeline that it could honestly take place at any moment in time (after the invention of Scrabble). Just And as I read and learned more and more about this world and these characters, I kept flipping back to earlier bits and realizing how all of these little details fit together. 
 And I nearly skipped the "Historical Notes" because I didn't realize that they were a part of the story but OH MY I am so glad I did not because I LIVE FOR THAT SHIT. 
 I am very intrigued to see where the Hulu adaptation takes things. 
 Officially on my favorite books list. 
 Also, why is there not more dystopian fiction out there for adults? I feel like I need to do some research because that's probably why I fall back into YA so frequently.