Even though Ember lives in a dystopian society, I would consider this more of a survival novel that focuses on Ember and Chase's relationship. This has a little of the TV show Revolution, a little of the Taliban laws that I remember from A Thousand Suns, a little of Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" with the controlling government and the Regressive Tendencies. The government as we know is no more and now Americans have to follow the Moral Statues.
Ember's mother is taken away because of Article 5: having children out of wedlock. Ember's best friend from childhood, Chase, comes to transport Ember from the Girls Reformatory and Rehabilitation Center to her mother's trial but she finds out that he is really taking her to a safe house to meet up with her mother.The rest of the novel is about Ember and Chase trying to survive by avoiding the Moral Militia. They do not have much down time, and I do not know if I would be able to survive on as little sleep as they do.
I did find it a little unbelievable that this new government would just release soldiers who do not live up to their standards or do something wrong instead of killing them like they do the rest of the population. Why would the government want to let trained killers go, who are mad at the government in the first place, and then not expect them to fight back?
This novel is worth reading to see how the tension between Ember and Chase escalates, but I think I would have liked to know what Chase is thinking at times too. I know this would eliminate the situational irony, but I would like to know what is going on in his head too.
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