** spoiler alert ** 
 This may be the first time I have actively wished a book was not YA. 
 There comes a point about halfway through the book where a really dramatic, dire event happens, and it is totally grim and totally horrifying. My husband was joggling the cat and wiggling the bed doing it, and I totally quieted him and made him quit just so I could really concentrate on that specific event, because I figured it was going to continue to its very grim conclusion and I really wanted to not miss anything. 
 And then there was a rescue mission. And that is where YA splits away from adult. In an adult book, that grim event would have catalyzed our protagonist into a very grim purpose with the intent of overthrowing the whole damned system. And I *wanted* that. I am not even a grimdark fan, but I wanted that grim, dark outcome because it would have been fabulous in terms of the greater story line and our protagonist's motivations. 
 So here I am, wishing this book had been adult and not YA. 
 An adult book might not have gotten so much explanation of the obstacle course, either. But that's really ancillary to my original pout. And I am absolutely pouting. 
 :|