Gone

This was definitely an interesting, but long read. World building is a funny thing because in establishing the plot its very easy to lose a reader in the details. That's what happened here, especially during the first 200 or so pages of the book. I wanted something to happen, but the author was busy world building or setting up characters to move the plot forward. Once the action happened, it was grotesque and nonsensical at times, but well worth the wait. Released around the same time as The Hunger Games, Gone went where The Hunger Games seemed scared to go. Mass death of children, truly sociopathic characters, egotism running rampant, and answering the question of what really happens when you leave a bunch of reckless kids in a society with no adults. Fans of I Am Number Four, The Hunger Games, dystopia, or fantasy novels will have their hands full with this one if they can manage to get past some of the dryer chapters.