Rounding up a bit on this rating. One of those books that's hard for me to have opinions on since I'm shamefully ignorant about most of the history, politics, and culture it covers. Definitely feels like the US was given far too kind treatment. Hard for me to know what points of view are missing. But interesting and does a great job covering the absurdity of most countries in the world not having birthright citizenship and also ingroup/outgroup dynamics and social controls. I had a tough time liking the women characters and dealing with the christian idealization. Maybe a bit conservative for me generally.