Sacha Wunsch

Once I got loosely a third of the way into this book, I simply couldn't put it down. Something about the theme of memory and lived experiences alongside the characters Wunsch built here kept me turning pages even when my eyes were too tired to go on and the clock kept ticking later. There's a nuance to the mix of genres here that isn't often seen in young adult work, and it made the story all the more powerful, as well. Whether this might be called a dystopian or a near-future sci-fi or a mystery, it's a clever, careful story of identity and memory, and I ended up adoring it.

I do wish the ending had gone slower, and the beginning a bit faster--I admit--but at the same time, that pacing allows a reader to be caught off-guard in so many wonderful ways, there's an art even to those choices in pacing that I can understand.

On the whole, I look forward to reading more of Wunsch's work. Recommended.… (mehr)