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Hey so wdym Cristian and Lilian were spied on while drinking coke in a back alley? It’s the way my heart dropped to my ass. Also wdym tampons are forbidden? WHAT. Goodbye. It’s over. I’m done for. That’s so horrific. ALSO, no way ceaşescu and his wife only have a third grade education yet are running an entire country…

the book mentions the communist social envoirment that is extremly suspressing and it talks about the things that they cannot do and he was called down to the office and qustiona dn assused of having us currency and they forced him to take a proposal that effects the relasionship but takes it to pretect his family. "many things were illegal in romania including my thoughts and my note book"

Cristian lives in a communist society. he got called down t the office and got in trouble for having US currency. he is asked to be a spy for the government but he doesn't want to." the director cleared his throat. ' pupil florescu', he repeated. 'Proceed to the office.'"

I don't fully understand the communist regime because, the concept is equality but it obviously isn't executed correctly. However, it also makes sense as a corrupt party because it creates a false sense of equality among civilians which allows for higher-ups to exploit it: "The Communist Party had a right to see everything at all times" (Sepetys 9).

I like how threatening the Romanian government has already been set up to be, as Christian thinks about how the government would jail you for something as wild as using an "unregistered typewriter" (Sepetys 8). All of this makes me wonder how far these people will really go to keep the country 'stable'.

After reading the prologue and the first chapter, I have learnt that Romania constantly surveillances its citizens: "Watching. Always Watching. Romania's perpetual sense of surveillance" (Sepetys vii). Unu is the first character we meet and seems to be a quiet kid, and it is forshadowed that something important will happen when he gets to the office. Will Unu rebel against his country?

We learn that Cristian is being forced to be a informer for the government because of something he did that was illegal. I was Cristian Florescu. Code name "OSCAR."' (Sepetys 12). I enjoy how the book is paced and how it isn't moving super fast.

I like the first person point of view and how everything that happens is from the point of view of a teenager who is pretty sarcastic, describing Nicolae Ceausescu as "Maverick of the grant Communist Party of Romania and vampire to the necks of millions" to show his understanding of how bad the situation is but saying it in a way that a typical teenager would (Sepetys 5).

We now learn that Cristian is being forced to be a spy or comrade Major will make his family suffer. "I was Cristian Florescu. Code name "OSC

The book doesn't hesitate to get right into the main plot of the story, bluntly saying "I was Cristian Florescu. Code name "OSCAR." A seventeen year old spy" all by page 12. I like that the story is not slow to start, and the overarching plot is clear. The MC also seems like an intelligent person, which I can appreciate.

the book mentions the communist social envoirment that is extremly suspressing and it talks about the things that they cannot do and he was called down to the office and qustiona dn assused of having us currency and they forced him to take a proposal that effects the relasionship but takes it to pretect his family.