Unwind

While reading Unwind I think the thing that stands out the most (for me) is the different characters. I can tell how I feel about a character each time their chapter comes up. I like Connor and Risa--but for some reason I detest Lev. I find this interesting because in a moral sense Connor and Risa are the "bad guys" of the three and Lev is the "good guy". In dystopia books though we--the readers--love the characters that stand up against their society and are the outlaws. We see in countless times: Tris (Divergent), Katniss (The Hunger Games),  Hannah (Delirium), Thomas (The Maze Runner), Cassia (Matched), Tally (Uglies), Jonas (The Giver), Wanda (The Host--my favorite book of all time). I could list off more but then we would be here all day . . . and I want to save some info for my presentation. All go against what is expected of them from society because they do not agree with what is going on, or they are forced to go against society because they are different. We, as readers, are used to liking and rooting for the character that goes against the social norms and what is expected of them. This is the authors point. They are trying to get their readers to see how corrupt the society they have created is and by doing this, see how our society is corrupt and give us the strength to disagree. Dystopia novels are satirical and what I remember from my satire class is that satire is a big "what if . . ." for Unwind it is, What if we could abort children after they were born? We then see the chaos that goes behind it.
I think students are attracted and enjoy Dystopia novels because the protagonists are seen as heroes, even though they go against the adults. This is every kids dream, to break the rules and it be right. Dystopia novels do that--Unwind definitely does that.

So far I would give this book a B+, we'll see what happens in the second half.