I have not really liked any of the dystopian fiction that I've read so far so I'm happy to allow that this book was simply not my cup of tea. I gritted my teeth through the Grim and the Gruesome and kept turning the pages (it's a fast read, thank goodness) but I left this as empty as I went in. Flat characters, bad dialogue, and a future filled with general inhumanity - I should have passed on it. Honestly, it's enough that I can manage the newspaper these days.