"They reckon this person's a possible. For me." (Page 139)
Wait, what?!?! These people are clones?! Is this some fictitious, alien movie that you watch when you are ridiculously bored? I pretty much figured that these kids came into the world in an odd fashion, but I was not expecting the clone curve ball. Not at all. I guess I can admit it's a cool idea, cloning, but I was still clinging to the idea that this book was a little bit normal in some ways. Nope. That ship has sailed. These kids are destined to a dead-end life. I'm reminded of a Meg Cabot book I read once called Runaway. A company called Stark Industries (yes, I realize this is also the name of the main character's company in Iron Man) uses the bodies of mysteriously missing young adults to be the houses of old, wealthy people's brains so that said old people can live another lifetime. It's disgusting, and it isn't exactly the same as the case in this book, but I was reminded of it all the same.
Basically, at this point I am a little skeptical of the future of this book, but I am intrigued to say the least. Read on...
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