What can I say? Well, I really hope there's a sequel coming, because that ending was pretty abrupt. It feels like it was supposed to be two books, or even three, and the author was, like, required by contract or something chopped it into equal pieces and set different publication dates for each chunk. A cliffhanger is one thing, but ending it right in the middle of a big old surprise fight scene? So totally not cool.
Obviously, Bellamy and Olivia have to come back eventually, or their story has to join up again somehow with the main group. I was pretty surprised when a bunch of people started backing up Graham's bid for the two of them to get the death penalty. He doesn't seem like much of a leader. He's more the kind of guy who people follow when the going's easy, because he makes grand promises and acts tough and picks on the people who are already disliked to make himself feel stronger and gain public opinion. But when it gets tough, this kind of character usually finds him or occasionally herself at a loss, because they don't actually know how to lead and organize, just how to bully others into doing the work. When there's no one left to delegate to, and everyone's looking at them, the Grahams of the world suddenly realize that -oops!- the person they've been degrading the entire time is the one they actually need. But Graham seems to be holding on so far, probably through the fear of the other kids. They see him as the best chance for survival at the moment, so they back him even if they privately think he's gone crazy.
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