Oooof...this one is hard to review because I was truly so excited to get my hands on it and, while I see what the author was trying to do, it was just plain...depressing. As a middle school history/ELA teacher I was thrilled when my copy came in but I'm left feeling disappointed and disjointed. I get the angst, I get the surrounding tensions, I get the metaphors and the meaning behind it all - but, at the end of the day, I didn't enjoy reading this book and I don't imagine 12, 13, or 14 year old me would've either? Sigh...

I feel like I read a very different book than a lot of the other reviewers. The 90s baby in me enjoyed some of the nostalgic worldbuilding and all the graphics of "Bird's Eye-View." I guess I just didn't connect with this one the way I'd hoped.