"Black Hole Sun" is a dystopian novel set in the future on a teraformed Mars. The population is extremely segregated by social and economic classes. The working class population struggles to earn enough to eat and water is scarce. The life is hard and dangerous, and that is before you toss in the former humans turned cannibals who eat children and torture people.
This book was a favorite of my mentor, and my teenage son also loved it, however it was not my cup of tea. It's a shame really, as I was hoping the book was more along the lines of "Firefly", but it ended up more like "Resident Evil". While I love fantasy novels, sci-fi often leaves me wanting more. The violence and imagery in this book did not appeal to me in the least. I read halfway through the book before giving up as I really didn't care to finish it. Given the violence and torture, I would not put this book in any school younger than an upper middle school or junior high school. There wasn't any sex or inappropriate foul language.
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