I was wondering what others thought of the character's overwhelming passivity--they never once tried to escape or tried to actually live a normal life once out "in the world", which really rang false to me--especially in terms of Ruth and her strength of character. To many of us, even a failed escape and being killed trying would be preferable to being harvested slowly and just accepting it.
Posted by amberglow on March 14, 2006 07:30 PM.

Dude, you're on the internet!!

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll be interested to see what people have to say.

it still bothers me about the book, and it's still on my mind, so when i saw that they're doing it, i figured what the hell... : >