This book was exciting, but even as I was engrossed, I got so mad as well! 
 You know how in the news, politicians gets reamed for flipflopping? Normally I don't care; as new facts/knowledge/experience come to light, it makes sense to change your mind about a decision you made years ago. But then I see the main character, Oscar, go from "AUGH, they're going to kill me!" to "I have no choice! I'm just a tool!" to "The SOC is great! I can help people!" to "I have no choice, I'm just a tool!" I just....got so tired of it... While intellectually, I completed understood and sympathized, my gut feelings got annoyed. It didn't help my emotions were constantly see-sawing with seeing various SOC jerks become humanized only to become dehumanized again depending on Oscar's changed POV/current events. 
 Finally, all the poor choices that Oscar made! Again, I perfectly understood them, and I probably would've made similar or stupider choices if I were in his place, but it's still hard to stomach all the casualties that resulted from his uninformed decisions. =/ Oscar's no Captain America....While I enjoyed the exciting writing, I don't entirely feel comfortable rooting for him to become the leader of this band of super-powered misfits.