The Family
Individualism: the very evil that infected the world outside the Family.
- Chapter 7
He made up a disease so he could be the cure, our savior. So we would be completely dependent on him, and never leave him.
- Chapter 16
The Family is a cult with one man in charge - Adam. The people on the compound have no contact with the outside world. Adam tells the members of the Family that the people outside are infected and if they have contact with anyone, they will be infected as well. That is only one of the many lies Adam tells in order to control them. To an outsider, the lies are ridiculous and the rules & punishments are extreme. Twig is a teenager and has been living in the Family since she was a little girl and doesn't know any better... until she has an accident and must go to the hospital. There she meets a young man who changes her perspective and possibly her life.
This was a quick read and not terrible, but the resolution was a bit too quick and simple. It was an interesting look inside a cult and I was rooting for Twig even as I wondered how her mother could possibly think it was ok to bring her there in the first place. Overall, interesting but unrealistic and not enough substance.
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