"When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they could not control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. She is on the run, desperate to find the only safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who have escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at having a life worth living."
Well this was a bust. Seriously I couldn't even finish it. I couldn't even get half way through it! The main character is weak. No personality, no drive, no passion and no will. The write up on the back of the book (above) sounds interesting and intriguing right? FALSE ADVERTISING!! Seriously, Ruby is a frightened child in the beginning of the book - she's 10, I get it. But she doesn't move beyond that - even though the book picks up after the first chapter 6 years later. And while I'll allow that she "grew up" in a camp and didn't have much stimulation to promote growth, when she is busted out she's still just this flat character. Put aside that fact that Ruby is dull, the premise is...well it's not described very well in the book. Kids come down with something, the government locks up the survivors. You find out because of this the US plummets into social, monetary and political disaster. They do a few "experiments" on a the first ones through the camp but mostly just house them. They don't give them anything to do there - it's like the author just wrote about prison and these kids are just victims. HOWEVER I will say that the kids that turned out with the top tier symptoms are - psycho. Like bat crap crazy psycho.
All in all I'm not going into further detail about why you shouldn't read this book , just take my word for it.
I still don't understand how this book is rated up there with the Hunger Games...
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