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Title: This Is the Night

Author: Jonah C. Sirott

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In a world at war, four youths try to determine what's really worth fighting for.

For more than twenty years, the Homeland has been immersed in a brutal, unwinnable war. Young men are drafted and sent to fight in a faraway jungle. Those who come back are scarred in body and mind. Lance, two weeks shy of turning eighteen, has watched his older brothers leave and his mother fall apart when they fail to return. He's never imagined a different future for himself - until he meets an idealistic young woman named Lorrie and impulsively flees town with her.

In Western City North, on the edge of the Homeland, Lance and Lorrie move into the same building as Benny and Joe, two friends up for induction. Along with Alan, a young runaway, they frantically evade Registry agents intent on tracking down draft dodgers. With induction day looming and paranoia rampant, the only way for any of them to stay free is to uncover the truth about their uncertain world - and the forces seeking to control it. Jonah C. Sirott's breathtaking debut is about hope, survival, and the challenge of pushing past the limits our world draws around us.

Members Reviews:

"This is the Night" is all about describing its rich setting, while its plot and ending are neglected

--My Review--

Don't be mislead by the book's summary; this is not a book about a boy-meets-girl romance, teenagers toppling regimes, or a band of young misfits finding out a world-changing truth. This story is really a series of loosely related stories, all about depicting its setting - a miserable world and its populace confused and made helpless by war and propaganda a la "1984". Despite having a mostly teenage cast of characters, "This is the Night" keeps its world refreshingly dark, providing enough questions to keep the audience wondering how it all came to be like this. And that's basically it - because "This is the Night" is all about its setting. It's so focused on its setting that it feels no need to develop a cohesive story or central conflict; the ending is abrupt, lacking any resolution, and leaves most questions unanswered. So while I found the book's setting refreshingly dark and its individual character stories satisfyingly unique, I was disappointed when I realized halfway that it never intended to develop the central plot it kept hinting at or come to a decent resolution.

--What is "This is the Night" about?--

Based on the book summary provided above, you might believe that "This is the Night" is about a group of teenagers who, stumbling upon each other by accident, realize that they have to work together to topple an oppressive regime in a war-torn, dystopian world. But "This is the Night" is nothing like that at all. It's less like "The Hunger Games" and more like "1984", but it's far less profound than "1984" and not to mention a lot less suspenseful than "The Hunger Games".

The all-important setting is a country called the Homeland; this country has been at war for 22 years with an enemy they call the "Foreigns". The war has gone on so long that the Homeland drafts almost all of its males into its army when they turn eighteen, although a privileged number are able to evade the dreaded draft while the less privileged desperately try to dodge it.