I was reading another book and made the mistake of opening this one on my Kindle. I love how unique the writing style is and how it conveys how much isolation has affected the protagonist. Good to see a dystopian protagonist who isn't just Katniss again.

So I have to be fair with this book. At first I thought ugh this is just teenager, I’m 31, I don’t think this will be my kind of book. But since there’s a tv show coming up and I have an intense fomo 🤣 no for real since I’ve seen everyone in love with these books, I decided to keep reading. I’M HAPPY I DID, because so far I really like Shannon and Johnny, I think it’s well written and the characters don’t actually sound so teenagy, which aligns perfectly with their trauma and their lost childhood.

I woke up today thinking about this because I have read and hear comments that say that people won't read certain books or finish them because they felt like the book was "stupid" or that it gives them a headache because the book is "so simple". In my case, I enjoy most books I read and I can even give it a 5 star rating because it either brought out a strong emotion in me (rage, sadness, etc.), or I just enjoyed the story of the book and could appreciate the way it was written and I did not analyze it or thought that the story or narrator was "dumb" or something. In general I do not do the analyzing books thing, specially with fiction, and I would like to hear from people how do they approach reading. Is it something that needs to be like studying, is it for enjoyment, is it for critique? I'm genuinely curious.