A review by octagonal
XVI by Julia Karr

1.0

I like the idea of this book, but there are just too many things missing. Let's take the biggest storyline in the book--the XVI tattoo and all it implies. Where did it come from? More importantly, WHY? We don't get those answers. We get lots of conspiracy and evil-big-brother, which I enjoy, but I'd still like to know what exactly the government is benefiting from here. It was more than a little distracting. I mean, something major would have to happen to shift a society to the point that you encourage sexual violence, and I just can't buy this story without some kind of explanation or hint.