I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review...

I have a love affair with Dystopian novels, but sometimes they get repetitive or commercialized. When I was approached about reading Unfit I was just coming off of reading a different debut Dystopian novel. So I was definitely in the mood to continue the trend and I said you know what, yes I will read this. I’m glad I did, as I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It was really well written. The descriptions and dialogue were well fleshed out and flowed easily. There was enough world building so you could imagine the scenes you were reading, but not so much that it overtakes the book and makes it hard to get into.

Now most Dystopian novels have a human atrocity element to them that is outlandish yet just believable enough to make you pause. Unfit has atrocities that mirror our world’s histories, and then even takes it a touch further. To say there were moments I was entirely uncomfortable at how real this book felt, is an understatement. This made its impact all the more effective. I feel like the underlying theme or basis to this story can be summed up in a quote: “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I tend to be a very character driven reader and I am very attached to some of these characters. Morgan, John, Buck, Katharine... I need to know what happens!!! I’m hoping for a book 2! Also I love a book that makes me think and this one definitely did.

One note: this is an Adult Dystopian novel. I wouldn’t consider it YA. There’s no overt drug use, sex, or anything like that, but it’s very intense and the themes could be disturbing for some younger readers. Definitely 15 and over at minimum in my opinion.

Trigger warning: Filicide, prison violence, mass extermination, abortion, (apologies if I missed any).