This book has an interesting premise but appears lacking in the delivery of said premise. There are several pages full of lucid, insightful prose carrying underlying social and political commentary about Singapore’s questionable democracy, but beyond these, the reader is left alone in contemplating the full repercussions of the Evil Government that the book describes. The story itself starts off well but soon appears to be driven by the sheer, unrealistic luck of the protagonist and the people around her who appear to have no flaws or character development at all. The relationships between the characters are bland and not fully explored in the depths that I feel they could have been. Still, it was refreshing to read a book about such a novel concept and I can only hope that this will pave the way for many more (although perhaps, better thought-out) books to come.