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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I guess it was the lack of dramatic points that made me feel the book was less than what I had hoped for. Everything was just 'too expected.'

If anyone hasn't read it but plans to, don't read the spoiler.

Spoiler:

Once they announced the drawing, I knew whose name was going to be drawn. When it was foretold that the boy gave her food, I KNEW there would be a love aspect, KNEW they would team up eventually, I KNEW food and medicine would show up, and KNEW they would both survive.

Stitchawl

True, it's all very predictable

Spoiler:

(really, what had you, a seasoned reader, expected from this YA fiction other than crushes, lucks all the way, and happy ending?)

But it is still offers some thought-provoking points.