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I have been in a bit of a reading slump this week, but I think this novella pulled me out of it. I have been trying to decide which Veronica Roth project to read first, since I read Divergent as a teen, and I’m glad it was this one. 

Void combines sci-fi and murder mystery together in a way that gives the briefest of insights into a world where interplanetary travel is possible while also presenting what turns out to be a very human story on all levels. In such a short story, I didn’t expect for the ending to feel so complete and poignant. You feel for both the victim, who had a plan to leave this world on his own terms, and the person who took that from him, who is also struggling in their own right.