The more I think about this book the more I want to start back at page one and bump up my 3.75 rating to a 4.5 This was such a good and unsettling dystopian horror novel. The main reason for my lower rating is only because of the palatability of this book. It. was. a LOT. It deliberately painted such a vivid picture of such intolerable horrors i had to take several breaks from this book. I don't read a lot of gore in books, so it was especially jarring for me, as I like going into books blind. Such a good read, although I do have my reasons why this wouldn't be a 5-star read.