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"Keep Your Head Down.
Don't Get Noticed.
Or Else.
I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own…until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution."
I'll admit it, I picked this book up because I downloaded the sequel, "Outside In," on my Nook from NetGalley. I like the dystopia genre and I could use both books towards the Dystopia Reading Challenge.
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At first, I was extremely confused; Snyder jumps right into the plot and this society and offers little to no expository information. As I think about this, I guess most dystopian novels don't offer much information about the society — it's just something you pick up on. It could be that I struggled with Inside's society because it's unlike anything I've ever read. I couldn't picture the setting and for the longest time, for lack of a better idea, I assumed they were underground. This confusion kept me from becoming completely sucked into this novel because I didn't understand a lot that was going on; as I continued to read I slowly pieced together this unique society and was able to focus better.
Snyder's characters were developed well; I felt like I knew Cog and Trella and the plot was intriguing. But there was just something missing about this novel, I didn't connect to it and I don't have any emotion invested in it. I felt the neither need to keep reading nor that urge to not put the book down. As odd as this sounds, I just wasn't passionately involved with this book, but there really isn't a reason why... I just wasn't. The writing was good, the plot was well paced, the characters were believable and even likable. I just didn't connect. Definitely a good book, just not one that I'm rushing out to purchase. I definitely recommend this novel to any fan of dystopia.
Originality: 10/10
Ending: 7/10
Characters: 9/10
Plot: 7/10
My reaction/enjoyment: 8/10
Theme: 10/10
Imagery: 10/10
Setting: 5/5
Voice: 5/5
Style: 5/5
Tone: 5/5
Cover: 8/10
Overall: 89/100 B
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