Just finished it.
Overall I found it a light, but enjoyable read. I had just finished Seveneves, which was pretty hard and serious sci-fi. It felt refreshing after that.
I am also born in the early 80s. I found that I felt a little trapped between ages that would have increased my enjoyment. I think it would really appeal to people that were teens in the 80s and modern young adults (especially those that enjoy shows like hunger games, the 100 and the maze runner). I probably would have enjoyed it more if the references were to He-Man, transformers, game boy, the original Nintendo, grunge music and MTV.
I thought it could have done more with the Dystopian themes and secretly I was hoping for an unhappy ending.
I do see junior high and high school students loving it the way I loved Enders Game.
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