Loved this book! ( )

"my friend hergal had killed himself again." or something like that; i don't have the book in front of me to doublecheck the quote but, really. c'mon -- how can you argue with that as an opening line? plus you can line up this book with "clockwork orange" for "best use of invented or unexplained slang". i didn't even realise there was a glossary in the front until i'd read the book about three times! ( )

just re-read this book today, i'd forgotten how much i liked it. (though the tag on the cover was so annoying and so jarring with the actual content of the book, i took a sharpie and blocked it out years ago.) this dystopian world lee creates seems at first totally alien but quickly you see the similarities to today's world and attitudes. the evolution of the main character over the years is sweet and sincere, both terms that would probably make the character wince. ah well. a very good book.