Review: Very good adult dystopian
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
I love it when I find hidden gems like this story.  I picked it up ages ago as a kindle freebie.  Who says you can't get something good for nothing.  I almost feel guilty about it because the story was pretty great.This is a dystopian set in a city surrounded by a wall.  They say this is the last city left and outside the wall there is nothing.  The city is made up of three levels of Government/enforcement.  There is the ministry who we don't hear much about.  The lowest level is just referred to as the blueshirts - they are somewhere between a beat cop and mall security.  The last level are the councillors.  They rule in this city.  They are the true enforcers of the law and they seem pretty ruthless.  Our protagonist was a councillor and is the only one who has ever left but this has driven him underground to live the life of a criminal.  These are bad times in this last city on Earth.  The different ethnic districts are rioting against each other and now a revolution is brewing.I was thoroughly impressed with the writing and attention to detail.  It was obviously well thought out.  The only bad thing I have to say is that I was disappointed that there wasn't more explanation as to what was outside the walls of the city.  I love to be spoon-fed every little detail and when I finish a book with questions, it drives me crazy.