I started reading this book a year and a half ago but it wasn't really a good time to started it in a first place, so I put it down and never opened it again. When I first read synopsis I find it very interesting, but there was just so many books and I totally forgot about that one.

Last week I organized a Reading Challenge and we choose Unwind for the book we'll read. Now, when I finished it, I'm really glad the things turned out that way, because this book is really amazing.

The sneak peak into the beggining of the book:

The Second Civil War, also known as "The Heartland War," was a long and bloody conflict fought over a single issue. To end the war, a set of constitutional amendments known as "The Bill of Life" was passed. It satisfied both the Pro-life and the Pro-choice armies. The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen.

However, between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, a parent may choose to retroactively "abort" a child on the condition that the child's life doesn't "technically" end. The process by which a child is both terminated and yet kept alive is called "unwinding."

We meet three children: Connor, Risa and Lev, whose parents or trustees don't want them. They are unwelcomed, except Lev, who is teeth. Lev's life is all about being unwind and it was settled before his birth.

Connor, Risa and Lev manage to escape before they reach Harvest Camp (the institution where the procedure of unwinding is accomplished). We meet and hear each one's story and quickly see that all of them are lonely, no matter how many people were in their lifes.

Connor is this though boy who always gets in fights, Risa is the reasonable one and Lev is just like little brother (the spoiled one). However, at the end of the story they are all responsible and impressive young people. Their journey gave them a lot, but it also took them a lot and they still have the will to go on and be even more good as they already are.

Just like Sonia said:

One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have - people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.

The story is divided in 7 parts. I love how each part starts - it is a mix of mystery and real facts, but it is also an introduction into the coming chapters. The most I remembered the part when one man wants to sell his soul on the Ebay. It was kind of funny but also tragic if you look from the unwind's point of view.

We don't find out immediately what is unwinding, what happens to the kids, what caused it, who are the clappers, who is Humphrey Dunfee, ... We get all answers to our questions just at the right moment, which makes the story even more interesting and readable.

I won't reveal the answers to this questions, because there's no charm in reading it if you knew. What I'll say is that you really should read this book.

5/5 Stars

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