Rating: 2/5 
 ***Minor spoilers, TW: DEPRESSION, SUICIDE*** 
 In Sloane's world, suicide is a teen epidemic and any teenager who exhibits signs of depression, anxiety, or any other symptom that could possible be associated with mental illness is forced into The Program. The Program is a treatment with a 100% survival rate meant to "cure" that person's mental illness. This is done by essentially wiping that person's slate clean, leaving only non-painful memories of only your family. Sloane has already lost her brother to suicide and one of her best friends to The Program, so she's considered high risk. Her and her boyfriend James are dedicated to not being taken in, and promise to each other that they won't let it happen. However, after their friend Miller commits suicide so he can't be taken in by The Program, James completely shuts down and within a few weeks is taken in. With everyone close to her gone one way or another and her parents adamant about not losing another child, she's doomed to end up in The Program before long. 
 I've been eyeing this book for a while, waiting to get my hands on this book since I've heard so much about it. It had an interesting but questionable concept but I must say that I'm disappointed with how this turned out. Unfortunately I found that it dragged a lot and I wasn't that invested in Sloane as a protagonist. This had quite the difficult topic to write about, and while yes, the adults had an extremely twisted view, I didn't find anything in here offensive. I actually thought this was a pretty creative way of addressing the stigma associated with mental illness in a way that a lot of people enjoyed. 
 My biggest issue with this book was Sloane. I just didn't think she was careful enough, and she just wasn't a very good decision maker. When she was in The Program, she didn't even try to stop taking the pills when she learned those were what took away the memories. When she refused to take them, she was injected. The logical thing to do here is to pretend you took the pill and then hide it. I could understand if she tried and failed, but she didn't try at all. There were some other things she did that were questionable as well, but let's not get into that. The other thing that bothered me was the slow pace. I know it's essential for character development to have a bit of a slow start, especially in the first book in a series, but when you don't like the protagonist, it starts to drag and get extremely boring. 
 Overall, I wasn't a big fan of this book, but I could be convinced to read the second book if I saw enough of my friends saying they really liked it. While the concept was interesting, I didn't really like Sloane which made the book drag quite a bit. The one thing I enjoyed about this book the most was the epilogue, which actually messed with my head a little bit and left me with a bunch of questions. I think liking this book depends entirely on whether or not you like Sloane as a character, but definitely don't read this book if suicide is a trigger or if you're particularly sensitive to the topic, because it is mentioned extremely often and there are instances where suicide is witnessed as it happens.