A review by callmecat
Enclave by Ann Aguirre

2.0

There is a huge problem with is book, especially considering its title. It is billed as a story about the Enclave, right? But only the BEGINNING is about that. The middle is about a journey and the end is them arriving in a safe place. That is not how it should've been broken down. The first story should've been entirely about the Enclave and trying to solve its problems without getting exiled and then getting exiled anyway, instead of the way that it happened (which was basically just chance). Then we all would've been afraid of what was going to happen next. Would they survive out there? What would happen to the Enclave after they left? Actually if they'd stayed, maybe they could've fought and ended up bringing others with them when they fled. That would've been cool too. Then the second story should've been going up to the surface and fighting gangs and surviving and trying to get somewhere safe, and finally getting there at the end. And it wouldn't have been so strange to introduce a love triangle in the second book. But to take the whole beginning to get them together and then to break them apart in the middle, that is so weird. They went through all this crap together, and the author has us caring about them, and then for NO REASON except a very FLIMSY misunderstanding, they drift apart. That is just about the most RETARDED thing I've ever read. But if it had been told better, fleshed out and spread out more, I would've appreciated it better. I definitely would've given it more than two stars! Writing out this review has reminded me of how dissappointed and annoyed I am at this story and I absolutely do not recommend that anyone waste their time on it. Seriously, get your dystopian kicks elsewhere. This novel sucks. Or read the beginning and then quit. It's a decent novella but after that BOO.