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As far as 15-year-old Eli Yanakakis knows, the world has ended. Having spent the past six years in the Compound, an underground mansion his billionaire father designed to protect their family from nuclear war, he can only believe something awful has happened. What Eli knows for sure is that the door to the Compound is sealed for another nine years, shutting out most of the world - including Eli's grandmother and his twin brother, Eddy.
In the meantime, supplies are running low in the Compound. Eli's tense relationship with his family is getting worse as his father implements disturbing plans for a new food source. On top of everything else, Eli begins to suspect that some things in the Compound aren't as they seem. A little digging reveals more secrets than he ever bargained for. And when the pieces fall into place, Eli realizes that he was wrong: nothing in the Compound is as it seems.
There was nothing slow about The Compound. Though I never got the explosive action that part of me was hoping for, Eli's revelations came regularly enough that I was always engaged. I was kept on my toes by a unique plot and the suspense that only life-on-the-line stories can bring. The basic outline of Eli's discoveries was a little predictable, but happily that didn't stop the book from being exciting. If you're a fan of dystopian books but looking for something less mainstream, this is definitely worth a shot.
Rating: 4/5
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