Not sure what to say about this. I listened to this as an audiobook, and at the end the recording was like, "We hope you enjoyed this audiobook" and I felt more like I survived this book. This is a rough, rough story in a well-written way. I found the violence much more disturbing than in the Hunger Games books or even Battle Royale, I think because of the expansive family history between all of the citizens of the town. So it's good for what it's doing, but I guess what it's doing just really isn't my thing.