I found the narration a little disjointed, and a bit too basic, but I settled into the flow of the story after the first 30 pages or so. The constant switching of narration between characters was off-putting at first, but it did allow the reader to understand the bigger picture of everything that was going on and I enjoyed the tidbits of thought gleamed from secondary and fleeting characters. But a pretty cool story-line nonetheless – even if a little outdated. That’s because in this futuristic world, rather than eliminating disease and growing replacement organs from scratch (which is certainly the route modern-day science is going down), we have a society that harvests, or ‘unwinds’, unwanted teenagers for body parts. It’s strange to me that this was only first published 4 years ago in 2007 – because it feels like a book that was written two or three decades ago. It’s not a bad book, on the contrary it’s very good – I read it in about 3 hours non-stop and it certainly makes you think, but I’m not sure it’s a book I’ll want to pick up again – some parts are very… uncomfortable to read. I’m not even sure what I want to say about Unwind. Quite possibly one the most disturbing books I have ever read. It they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can’t be harmed – but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, is wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.’ Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance.
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would unwind them.
Unwinding is now a common, and accepted, practice in society.
‘The process by which a child is both terminated and yet kept alive is called ‘unwinding’.
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