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Dewicked trope
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** For that matter, the adults, in a way. Most of them, at least, seem to sincerely believe the Program is helping, and [[AdultFear just don't want their kids to die.]]
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** For that matter, the adults, in a way. Most of them, at least, seem to sincerely believe the Program is helping, and [[AdultFear just don't want their kids to die.]]
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: James and Sloane are both lovely people, but the setting and tone is very, ''very'' grim, with most adults being [[AdultsAreUseless useless or worse]], and [[BreakTheCutie every sympathetic character getting put through the wringer]], with ''very'' few moments of happiness to break up the TraumaCongaLine. [[spoiler:And most of the people responsible for this hell ''[[KarmaHoudini get away with it]]''.]] It ain't for everyone.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: James and Sloane are both lovely people, but the setting and tone is very, ''very'' grim, with most adults being [[AdultsAreUseless useless or worse]], and [[BreakTheCutie every sympathetic character getting put through the wringer]], with ''very'' few moments of happiness to break up the TraumaCongaLine. [[spoiler:And most of the people responsible for this hell ''[[KarmaHoudini get away with it]]''.]] It ain't for everyone.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The film stars Creator/HalleBerry in one of her first major film roles, but well before she rose to Hollywood superstardom.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: James and Sloane are both lovely people, but the setting and tone is very, ''very'' grim, with most adults being [[AdultsAreUseless useless or worse]], and [[BreakTheCutie every sympathetic character getting put through the wringer]], with ''very'' few moments of happiness to break up the TraumaCongaLine. [[spoiler:And most of the people responsible for this hell ''[[KarmaHoudini get away with it]]''.]] It ain't for everyone.
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!! [[Literature/TheProgram The book]]:
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!! [[Film/TheProgram The movie]]:
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unfortunate implications need citations
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* UnfortunateImplications: Quite a few reviewers pointed these out.
** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden. (Of course, this is the entire point; the threat of the Program makes teens more depressed, but they hide it so they don't have to go into the Program, which makes them even ''more'' depressed, showing how counterproductive the whole thing is.)
** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.
** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden. (Of course, this is the entire point; the threat of the Program makes teens more depressed, but they hide it so they don't have to go into the Program, which makes them even ''more'' depressed, showing how counterproductive the whole thing is.)
** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.
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* GutPunch: The book starts out pretty bleak, [[spoiler:but when Miller dies, everything quickly goes to hell.]]
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** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden.
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** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden. (Of course, this is the entire point; the threat of the Program makes teens more depressed, but they hide it so they don't have to go into the Program, which makes them even ''more'' depressed, showing how counterproductive the whole thing is.)
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* TheWoobie:
** All the teenagers. Imagine living under constant threat of having all your memories, even the good ones erased, if you show the slightest hint you're not perfectly happy...
** For that matter, the adults, in a way. Most of them, at least, seem to sincerely believe the Program is helping, and [[AdultFear just don't want their kids to die.]]
** All the teenagers. Imagine living under constant threat of having all your memories, even the good ones erased, if you show the slightest hint you're not perfectly happy...
** For that matter, the adults, in a way. Most of them, at least, seem to sincerely believe the Program is helping, and [[AdultFear just don't want their kids to die.]]
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zapping natter ^^;;
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*** However, this troper can see how the relationship is important, because James and her friends are the only ones who she can trust to not turn her in. And after what happens to them...
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** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.
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** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.matter.
*** However, this troper can see how the relationship is important, because James and her friends are the only ones who she can trust to not turn her in. And after what happens to them...
*** However, this troper can see how the relationship is important, because James and her friends are the only ones who she can trust to not turn her in. And after what happens to them...
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* UnfortunateImplications: Quite a few reviewers pointed these out.
** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden.
** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.
** Depression is ''not'' something that should be hidden.
** Sloane's whole personality revolves around James, as if none of her other memories matter.
