The plot is well paced and ramps up and slows down when needed. I feel the characters are quite interesting, with their own raison d'etres - their true selves coming out occasionally. It is a book I wish could be made into a film, because it has that quality. This is the best dystopian novel I have read recently. Oscar has to do his best to protect this girl he loves. Until he then meets a newcomer who changes his entire view of the world. However, Oscar is very aware of the Messages, and only nominally follows them. It's so perfect, because the Mayor - the narrator's father - has brainwashed all who live in the town. A utopia where everyone is good and healthy. Instead of the whole nation, or even a big city, Candor is a beautiful small town in rural Florida, where everything is beautiful and perfect. Candor is a dystopian novel, although not in the conventional sense.
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