the fact that i can't think of a single thing to say about this book should be review enough, right? and yet, that could be misconstrued as one of those "if you don't have anything nice to say" remarks. and that's not it. it was a "good" "read," i am just having difficulty saying anything interesting tonight. 
 i will just sit here and hope the votes pour in without any effort on my part... 
 yes?? 
 no?? 
 okay, i will give it a go. 
 yes, yes, it is another YA dystopia. (half of you have officially tuned out) and the idea has potential, but it is another construct that collapses if you start to scrutinize it. if you play the "this is the way it is and just shut up and read it" game, it is a fine story. (i have lost half of the remaining half.) 
 and it won a "rhode island teen book award", which is extremely prestigious. shhhh them's my people! 
 http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/4... 
 now i am just grasping at straws. 
 i don't know, man, it isn't terrible, but if you have other things to read, i would read those things first. "some dude" let me borrow this, and even though he hasn't read it and i shouldn't feel guilty, i do. thanks for the candy, though! 
 and i am still interested in reading the continuation - like i said, it has potential, and there are at least two major questions left unanswered. and i have curiosities. 
 i think i am probably just not in the review-writing mood, but a lot of it is how little impression this book left upon me. 
 so we are both to blame. 
 fin.