This book (loosely based on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter) is compelling and frightening. It has many disturbing elements in this dystopian world. Hannah, the protagonist, wakes up in a prison cell as a "Red", where her every move is watched. The story unfolds in her present consequences and her thoughts of the past and how she came to be there. The book crosses into uncomfortable territory with everything from religious fanaticism at it's worst to abortion, homosexuality, vigilante groups. I liked the first half of the book, but the second half seemed to become more about who God was or wasn't as Hannah struggled with her instilled beliefs. I'm not sure the author could decide what she wanted to say and in the end I didn't like the direction it took and I felt it could have been more complete.
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