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DNF

I’m really struggling getting through the book. It’s quite hard to read and moves forward very slowly. I’ll give it another 20 pages and then see how I feel.

So far I really enjoy the book. Since it’s a book targeted more to younger adults, it’s not filled with beautiful prose, but still it manages to make you see the locations where the story takes place right in front of your eyes. I love the characters. None of them has been a surprise to be fair (villain with self-doubts, boss with anger management problems etc.), but they’re fun, witty, smart... a page turner!!

So far it’s less exciting than expected. All three main characters are self centred and annoying. I was hoping for more insight into the dystopian future that Lund tries to create but she’s only scratching on surfaces and not explaining things. What happened to the insects? Why did half of the world collapse? Why were people moved from Beijing to rural areas? Many questions and only a slow moving story.