"A mysterious murder in a dystopian future leads a novice investigator to question what she's learned about the foundation of her population-controlled society. Decades after economic and environmental collapse destroys much of civilization in the United States, the Coast Road region isn't just surviving but thriving by some accounts, building something new on the ruins of what came before. A culture of population control has developed in which people, organized into households, must earn the children they bear by proving they can take care of them and are awarded symbolic banners to demonstrate this privilege. In the meantime, birth control is mandatory. Enid of Haven is an Investigator, called on to mediate disputes and examine transgressions against the community. She's young for the job and hasn't yet handled a serious case. Now, though, a suspicious death requires her attention. The victim was an outcast, but might someone have taken dislike a step further and murdered him?In a world defined by the disasters that happened a century before, the past is always present. But this investigation may reveal the cracks in Enid's world and make her question what she really stands for"--
Enid lives in the United States—or what remain of them, decades after civilization fell and was virtually destroyed. A time where girls get birth control implants as soon as they are able to bear children, and no family is allowed to have a child without a banner—a way to signify that they have enough resources to care for the entire household. Blocked arteries can kill, telephones don’t exist, and murder is rare. In this world, Enid is an investigator, similar to a police officer, but yet…not. Households and towns are expected to take care of their own situations first—if they fail, then the investigators come in and take over. This is the world of Bannerless.
First, I had an issue with the overall suggested theme of the book...
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