this was the kind of book they assigned you in middle school english class, but for whatever reason i never read it. so here i am, reading it as an adult, but now i get why it's so famous. i thought the beginning was a bit slow, but after jonas gets his assignment, i really started liking it a lot. every time it was revealed that they didn't have certain memories for the sake of Sameness, the more i realized how fucked up their society really was. like it really blew my mind when i realized that they couldn't see color. and it broke my heart when jonas asked his parents if they loved him and they ended up dodging the question. the anti-horny pills were kinda funny though.

every character in this book sucks and needs to get off twitter. jokes aside, the premise is so interesting and i never felt bored while reading it. obviously the book is from june's point of view, and she is far from a reliable narrator, but i do feel kinda bad for her. also this book poses some interesting ethical questions, but i'm not smart enough to answer them here, so go read it yourself.