I recognize both the impressive consistency and focus required to maintain the voice of a narrator speaking a completely different dialect, but at the end of this book I could not help but feel that there is an inherent level of nihilism in this text that I cannot reconcile with a humane vision of humanity.

I think, ultimately, I am simply too much of an optimist to accept the possibility of this reality, where the majority live in fear of youth, the government, and the police. While I can imagine an elite group seizing and holding power through detestable means, as in 1984 or Brave New World or even The Hunger Games, I can't see society continuing to function under the conditions described in this book.

On the other hand, even as I write this, examples are being supplied by my subconscious proving that we already live in this awful dystopia - albeit without quite such unintelligible slang and the drug infused milk bars.

This book is horrific, and entertaining as far as that horror goes, but it definitely turned me off at points.