My overall reaction to this book can be summed up in one word: Meh. Even though the plot itself made me a little weary - really? Searching for real food? It seemed to me like authors were running out of future societal problems and this one seemed a bit odd and far-fetched. I bought a copy of this book at The Strand after BookCon this past May, and I was super excited to get into it because I've heard that so many people enjoyed it. Together they set out to find the only thing that will quell their hunger: real food. Worse, Thalia is starting to feel hunger, and so is he-the inocs aren’t working. But when Thalia meets a boy who is part of an underground movement to bring food back, she realizes that most people live a life much different from hers. At least that's what her parents, who work for the company that developed the inocs, say. It should mean there is no more famine, no more obesity, no more food-related illnesses, and no more war. In Thalia’s world, there is no need for food-everyone takes medication (or “inocs”) to ward off hunger. Summary: In the future, food is no longer necessary-until Thalia begins to feel something unfamiliar and uncomfortable.
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