Good start, tepid second half

In a future in which the life expectancy for men at 25 years and for women is through genetic experiments at 20 years, the 16-year-old Rhine is kidnapped and brought before a potential husband, along with a van load of other girls. he opts for three of them, the rest will be shot. Shocked she begins her new life in a gilded cage as one of 3 new wives of Linden. His first wife is nearing her 20th birthday and will soon die. Torn between the quiet, friendly kind of Linden and their knowledge that he bought his wives and not corresponding to his ideas girl has to be shot, forges Rhine escape plans.

The idea of ​​a generation of people who are no more than 20 or 25 years old I find interesting. After an exciting first third, the story goes, in my opinion somewhat. The end comes very suddenly and leaves many questions unanswered about the fate of the protagonists, which are clarified hopefully in the second part. The love story between Rhine and Gabriel I found rather superficially, the fact that he does not appear for long stretches of the book will also help, as not particularly.

Supposedly North America to be the only surviving, not swallowed by nuclear war and melting of the polar caps of water masses country in the world, which of course could possibly turn out to be a propaganda lie itself. It sounds to me, first and second here seems illogical by amrikanische arrogance that regurgitates personally amiss.

The book was still very exciting, especially in the first häfte extremely exciting.