While I loved the first two books in the Atopia series this book seemed just like a summary of the first book and there wasn't really much point in reading it but it hasn't put me off reading more from Matthew Mather, when he gets it right it is absolutely brilliant but I would skip the Utopia Chronicles.

Ok story, the writing style is a bit odd at times. The pace is uneven and the story confusing at times.

An amazing book. Very glad I had the chance to read and highly suggest it for fans of this genre. It offered a different perspective from novels of this genre, one that I enjoyed.

Proclaiming itself utopian, this is very much the down side. It is constructed like a short story in some ways - we sense it heading for a quick turn around somehow. The writing is clear but, for me, flat ... it could be I am just not engaged in the future as it is laid out here. the characters serve their purposes but I don't feel gripped by their plight - consigning people to a special place which you cannot reach, and a priest to-the-rescue who cannot really help. Just passed me by.

While I do enjoy Sci-Fi and dystopian novels, this one needed a bit more. I don't think the world-building was well developed which in a novel of this type is critical to success.

I didn't read the first two books but there was a synopsis of the first two books in the beginning of this one to catch me up to speed.

I am a fan of dystopian books but this one has a lot of Science Fiction characteristics that just aren't my thing. I'm more into World building than the explanation of how the fictional technology works, like reading a manual of future sciences.

I think I would feel differently if I had read the first two books and had been exposed the science fiction aspect gradually and for that reason I didn't give it a single star. I feel there are readers that love this type of super detailed science fiction. Outside of that it liked the main idea of the book and found it interesting and scary. I hope we never get that type of technology.

Despite the rich summary of previous installments at the beginning of the book, in any way I could immerse myself in the world of this dystopian science fiction novel. I noticed a lot of potential, but just did not take me. A pity.
I thank 47North Netgalley and for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.