The world-building felt patched together. There's also the fact that Phaet prickly personality reminded me a lot of Katniss ( The Hunger Games) and it's not the first similarity I noted to other books. I'm not a huge fan of always being in someone's head, hearing about what things are happening and not feeling like we're participating in the scenes as they're happening. Then she randomly starts speaking, still sparsely, but it was already beyond irritating to me. Someone states something, she considers it. Someone asks a question, she thinks about it. Instead she just internally mused, endlessly.
Even so, I'll buy the selective-mute aspect of her personality, especially in a society where the likelihood of someone listening is always high, but there could have been some sort of response.
Instead, I spent the first 15% irritated that the main character, Phaet, hadn't said a single word or responded in any sort of way to anyone that spoke to her. I really should start re-reading the summary blurbs before starting the book - it might save me a lot of concerns and issues. Ultimately there were a few too many issues for me to enjoy this book. I was so excited and looking forward to reading this book, and was beyond excited when I was approved through the Penguin First to Read program.
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