Untreatable
By- J. Laslie
Genre- YA Dystopian
Publication Date- May 15th, 2015
People are dying...
Tahlia and Quentin live in a world where the US population is starving to death one hundred years after a government-mandated "cure" for obesity. Tahlia's ancestors escaped genetic mutation. Now she and her tribe must hide in the wilds of South Dakota to avoid being harvested for their untainted DNA. When Tahlia is captured on a supply run, she becomes a lab rat for the scientists searching for an antidote. The fate of humanity lies buried in Tahlia's genetic code, and her own survival lies in the hands of Quentin–the only son of the very doctors who want to cut her open.
Harrowing and suspenseful, Untreatable transports readers to a dystopian future where everything is not as it seems and resilience of body–and spirit–is required to survive.
MY TIDBITS
I've read quite a few dystopian novels, and although this is obviously a favorite genre of mine, the same general plots seem to pop up again and again. So when I picked up this one, I was really excited to see a new twist to things.
Untreatable hits on a topic which addresses a very modern problem - obesity. I found the idea that a government would see this as a disease and try to cure it with a forced immunization an interesting twist. And that mankind would then start to kill itself off because of increased extreme under-weight problems really makes one think.
But going beyond this new twist on the possible end of the world, the story itself was well written and had me eagerly turning one page to the next. The characters are easy to love and cheer for (or in the government's case, dislike). We get enough into the characters heads to understand their emotions as well as the reasons behind the decisions they make. There's a sweet romance, which doesn't over-power the main story line, but adds a great amount of humanity.
Summed up, this is a refreshing dystopian with all the action, intensity and emotion such a story needs. I picked it up and had no trouble staying with it to the very end.
