First off I have been really into the Dystopian genre. It's the opposite of the utopian world, generally were something catastrophic happens and the society that evolves from that although flawed. It doesn't always have to be catastrophic, sometimes it's just an evolution of the world. But anyways, I've been caught up in it, and luckily it's been picking up in the literary world as a bit more popular, so I'm finding more and more!
On to the book. It's not really a a religious book, but it has a lot of basis and a lot of vague similarities with the genesis story. But it's about Anex, who is applying to get into basically a college, that basically holds the Islands history. The dystopian aspect comes from the Island literally built a wall around itself to keep out the plague that is/has fallen on the rest of the world. The story is told through Anex recollecting the history of Adam, a catalyst to some great change on the island, but we are left to find just what happened late in the story.
I can't tell you really what makes this book so fantastic (even if it's pretty short) without ruining it for you. I lent it to a friend and he read it in 2 days with many "OMG" "MIND BLEEP* ( bleep inserted for people with sensitive eyes). We then had a lengthy nerd-tastic conversation on what it meant to us. It's just that story with a concept that is hard to fully grasp but creeps you out all the same. Just go read it!! Right now!! ;)
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