Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Limit by Kristen Landon

Matt was having a good time living with his family.  he had a 3.997 GPA and enough extra credit in English that he didn't need to do any more assignments for the rest of the year.  Unfortunately, he lives in a society where if somebody goes over the limit on something similar to a credit card, they have one of their children sent to a workhouse.  Guess what Matt's parents do?  Yep.

Once he gets there, he takes a test and ends up on the top floor, where the exceptionally smart kids are.  It's quite luxurious, with a pool, a gym, and a dance studio.  He can buy anything he wants, but if he wants his parents to get out of debt so that he can get home, he has to spend as little as possible on frivolities.  He works on complicated problems for major companies.  He must at the same time deal with some problems of his own: he seems unable to contact the outside world, one of his coworkers is never seen, and people on the lower floors are getting headaches and seizures.  What exactly is happening beneath the surface at this workhouse?

The Limit is fresh and exciting.  Time slipped away as I got lost in its pages.  Admittedly, the characters sometimes acted incredibly stupid for the sake of the plot, but that happened a lot less than in most books.  None of the parts dragged behind or made me impatient to get to the next thing.  Conversely, The Limit wasn't rushed and didn't skip details.  All in all, it was a wonderful book.

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