I hope you’re being sarcastic! I was “spoiled” going in, but if anything it strengthens the novel’s undercurrent of dread & enhances the contrast between the im

I hope you’re being sarcastic! I was “spoiled” going in, but if anything it strengthens the novel’s undercurrent of dread & enhances the contrast between the importance imbued by the children into their prosaic struggles and the unfathomable horror of their ultimate fate. The premise is really just the launching point for what the book is about. It’s not explored in at all the manner you’d expect from a typical “dystopian sci-fi” novel.