This book left me reeling. I'm not even gonna try to write a summary, that's how reeled I am. This is a book about self-acceptance and honesty and living with the truth and love, but so are a lot of other books.This is a book where I couldn't figure out the plot. This is a book that grabbed me by the heartstrings and didn't let go. This is a book that had me going "wait a sec, what just happened" and "what do you mean that's how it ends" and this is a sci-fi novel like nothing you've ever read.
This isn't a book that took some main concept like "what if love were illegal" or "what if everybody had surgery to make their body 'perfect' at age 16" or "what if our brains could all connect with special helmets" and made the whole world change in response, enveloped the characters in this new world and all its consequences.
No.
This is a book where everything is the same except this one medical procedure happens to exist, where it's not a huge part of people's lives until it is. This is a book that weaves sci-fi into the narrative so naturally that everything before it feels rough and forced by comparison.
This is a sci-fi masterpiece that ought to be shelved with the greats, and never will because it's a YA book.
TW for suicide, violent homophobia.
