Review: Could make a great movie!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
The story started out a little slow, but once things started moving (and people started dying) it was quite gripping.  I couldn't put it down!  The writer makes you feel like you're watching a blockbuster movie instead of reading words on a page, but it's hard to describe without giving away too much of the plot.  The best I can do is to say that the underlying themes reminded me of the Hunger Games, although the story is different.  I did spot a few words that should have been edited, but it wasn't full of distracting errors like some e-books I've read lately.  Definitely worth reading!Cautions for parents: If this were a movie (and it probably would make a good one) it would be rated at least PG-13 for violence, gruesome images, language, drug/alcohol references, sexual innuendo, etc.  Possibly R.  It's not constant, but there are isolated scenes that are pretty intense in one or more ways.  However, I did not feel like it was "bad" just for the sake of being bad...people really do and say terrible things, particularly in desperate situations, so the whole book just felt real to me.  It's not a clean book, but the contrast between good and evil is there, along with thought-provoking questions about possible "grey" areas.The main character wonders (briefly) if God exists, but other than that, spirituality isn't mentioned much.  I appreciated the fact that one character who claims to have been raised Christian is portrayed as a good person without being "holier than thou" or having all the answers.Conclusion: I do recommend this book for adults and older teens.  (Please note that I received a free download of this book in exchange for a review, but that does not have any impact on my comments.)