After reading Hollow Fires (which I’m still working on the review for), I went to the library to find a new book to read. I looked for dystopian books and this one caught my eye. I loved Hollow Fires, and Internment is by the same author, so I checked it out, started reading, and couldn’t put it down.
Internment by Samira Ahmed is a dystopian book where the US has created internment camps for Muslims. The main character, Layla, and her family get sent to one of these camps. At the camp, Layla tried to fight back against the director, getting her in a lot of trouble with her parents and the administration, but she still resisted.
Similar to Dry, this book seemed like something that could happen in real life, making it kind of scary. Also, the insanity of the politicians seems very realistic. Most of the characters were well-rounded and thoughtful, and it was generally a good book, that I have now read twice and still enjoyed both times. I would give it 4.5 stars, not 5, because it just didn’t seem perfect and I would want to go into more detail and for it to be a little more realistic but it was still a great book that I would highly recommend. I know its a work of fiction, but some of the plot seemed like it was trying to be realistic or seem like something that could maybe happen, but at least to me it didn’t. However, I still really loved this book and I noticed the flaws with the plot a lot more the second time than the first, so maybe just don’t re read it twice in the same year.