This was a pretty entertaining book, on the whole. There was nothing phenomenal about it, nor anything bad. The idea of Incarceron, as a prison that encompasses the entire world, is pretty interesting, and the execution upon that idea ultimately works, even if the revelation that the prison is actually super tiny is a little silly. I liked Claudia and the struggle she had to deal with outside the prison, as well as Finn and the struggle he had, both within the prison and within himself. Sure, a main character with amnesia isn't the most original idea, but it wasn't used in a frustrating or annoying way, so I'm okay with it.

The intrigue outside the prison with the Steel Wolves and Sapphique's legendary escape was interesting, and I look forward to seeing how that develops in the subsequent books. I'm not clamoring to read the next in the series, but when I have time I'll pick it up. The outside world also reminded me of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, though it was not as sexually charged as Atwood's.

This is a hard one in terms of recommendation. I don't not recommend it. There's nothing bad about it. But I wouldn't go out of my way to say everyone should read it either. Is there an 'I Guess' option available to me?