Need to know

Diego Horta

Taken

Erin Bowman

What significance would you put on your life if you knew how and when you would die? Would life even matter to you anymore?

In the small, and mysterious town of Claysoot completely surrounded by imprisoning walls, Gray Weathersby has to face just that. The town has had its history of people vanishing out of nowhere, but soon they come to realize that it only happens to men on their 18th birthday. The sudden event of men vanishing has come to be called the Heist by the townspeople. Gray, after losing his big brother to the Heist, starts to question how much time he has left before he gets taken from the Heist, but he soon finds something that makes him question a lot more than his years left before the Heist, a note. This note, written by his mother for his brother, makes Gray wonder about the world outside of the walls of the town leaving him with many questions about everything around him.

Based on the part that I read, I really enjoyed this book because of its way of making the reader question things. I like how it focuses on things that the main character doesn’t know and how the book doesn’t tell you anything the main character knows so it leaves you with the same questions the protagonist has. The ideas expressed throughout the book interests me because of how unique it is for me. I think the story really does a good job on making you question what's going to happen next and keeps the reader engaged. I recommend this book to people who like dystopian stories that keep you questioning what's going to happen next, and that keeps you thinking.