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I requested this book from NetGalley because the synopsis sounded like it would fit right in on a season of Black Mirror. It's very Minority-Report-y, where people are retained due to their dreams and other factors that are being surveilled by an algorithm (there are over 200 sources of data it looks at, we're told several times) that is looking for people who are at high risk for committing a violent crime in the future. There is a lot packed into this, including critiquing for-profit prisons, the commodification of our data that we "agree" to in exchange for devices that make our lives easier, racial profiling, the abuses of the discretion of police and other people in authority, etc.

I did wish that it leaned into the dreams surveillance a little more, in order to give it more of a near future vibe. Without this aspect, it isn't near future as much as it is things that could happen here and now with the technology that we have and the devices and digital services that people use. There is a storyline involving an employee of the dream software company conducting product update tests on the retainees without their knowledge, and that wasn't fleshed out as much as it could have been or taken to a conclusion, it felt like a little snippet to demonstrate possible consequences of this universe, but I would have liked to have seen the author lean way more into this plotline.

Overall, this is a really well written book that made me feel a lot of feelings, as I spent a lot of time being frustrated with the main character and the people around her while also knowing the futility of her acting any differently because of her impossible situation.