I've been sitting here, trying to come up with some kind of review, but I keep drawing blanks. This is a very good book- a little bit average at times, and the themes became a little bit forced at points- but it's very enjoyable and one that will make you think.

I felt that how the world came to be illiterate was not explained well. Though, I suppose, that was partially the point. If nobody can read, and people are obsessed only with themselves (or, as it is said in the text, Privacy), then history is unlikely to be passed down. They don't even know what year it is, though it's stated at some point as being the 25th century.

The characters in [b:Mockingbird|2657|To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234606708s/2657.jpg|3275794] are interesting, but I found myself unable to truly connect with any of them. I sympathised with Bentley and Spofforth (Mary Lou I was rather ambivalent about), but towards the end of the novel, I found them starting to become rather irritating. Maybe it was because of the prison and why it was never really explained as to why Spofforth decided to imprison Bentley (outside of shacking up with Mary Lou).

An enjoyable book, but some questions that I felt were unanswered.