Kaitlyn Weston- Final Entry

Personally, I hated the ending of this book. We don't know of anything definite that happens to anyone. The only thing we do know is that Jill died. Knowing that they went to Bankole's land and are planning to start their Earthseed community, isn't enough for me. I want to be able to read to the end and know that there is either a happy or a horrible ending. That being said though, I did enjoy the book itself. For me, there were many questioning parts in the book. For example, when seeing a couple together like Bankole and Lauren, is that something that is normal in this dystopia? Are there more people outside of the Earthseed group that have Lauren's sharing? And what ever did happen to Curtis? These questions are hard to wrap our minds around because of how we are living now, but something that makes me think even more is what if this is our future? What if this is the only thing we have to look forward to? I know that I don't want a future like this and I feel as though this troubling future can be prevented.
While reading the book, I put myself into the situations that happened. I imagined myself lying on the ground sleeping and then waking up the sound of gun shots over head. Worst of all, I can't get up to run away from the gun shots because I myself could be hit, I just have to lay there and hope for the best. To me, that seemed scary and nerve racking. The group not only had to do that once, but twice. Adrenaline running high and heart pounding and I just have to lay there. I noticed myself showing my own version of hyperempathy for the characters in this book during situations like this.