Cion Chapters 1 and 2

I tried reading this book over the summer and couldn’t get into it at all. I was bored and could not understand a thing in it. After reading the first two chapters I was excited to learn that I actually am enjoying this book. The references to Halloween, the ridges and the outer cities were enlightening because I could actually relate to them. I enjoyed that Toloki was dropped off in Athens during Halloween. There could not have been a better time to land right in the middle of Athens Ohio. I was kind of sympathetic to the fact that people thought his everyday appearance was a costume. I am still hazy on the first pages of the book. I am confused on what the main characters purpose is exactly and why he ended up in Athens, Ohio. Knowing what was fact or fiction was very hard to distinguish. Chapter one was based mostly on facts. Halloween in Athens happens the way it was described along with the ridges being there and the towns surrounding the Athens community. But the second chapter was more questionable and I was not sure if some of the facts about the Underground Railroad were accurate. I would be interesting in leaning which were based on fiction or fact.