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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
The trilogy as a whole was good. This last book let me down a little though. I felt things were rushed and all over the place. It was very good though in general.
I didn't like this one as much as the first two, I loved the first two books. By the time I got to the end, I just wanted to finish it because I wanted to finish the series. It took me a lot longer to read this book too.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I'm having a really difficult time with books lately. I start out loving them (Maybe it's the excited optimist in me) and then get to the end and think, "Oh WOW, that was it?" Sad to admit, thats exactly what happened while reading these books by Ally Condie. Initially, I was really excited, this whole dystopian society thing kinda freaked me out because of how controlling and manipulative it was, their officials/regulations/laws/and way of life that the people of the different towns were being forced under and I sure hoped that somehow these people would be freed from such dictatorship - which they do, but in a very strange subtle way. The author is Mormon, and her writing seemed to hint at some sort of savior, "the pilot" that would rescue everything and everybody from the legalistic way of life that was being forced on them daily. From a Christian point of view, I was thinking that she was possibly hinting about either her Mormon faith, or even coming out of mormonism, however it was too hard to tell by the end of the books. I was hoping for some sort of super climactic ending where everybody was happy being saved and lived out their days together. I guess in some ways that happened, but it sort of fell flat.
I loved the references to herbology, the poetry (by Dylan Thomas in particular) that urges people to not go down without a fight - do not go gentle!!! But as a whole, I will just let it go with this - It's a good book series, it could have been shorter to accomplish the same thing.
I loved the references to herbology, the poetry (by Dylan Thomas in particular) that urges people to not go down without a fight - do not go gentle!!! But as a whole, I will just let it go with this - It's a good book series, it could have been shorter to accomplish the same thing.
Much better ending than Hunger Games. I love the lessons everyone learns and especially the description of love. It is what you can do for another person.
It was ok- kinda slow and predictable. Nothing too exciting we didn't already know from the other books...
Such an intriguing story. Ally Condie didn't reinvent the dystopian wheel, but she wrote one hell of a story. A great ending!
I really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy (Matched), but then the second book (Crossed) just wasn't as good to me. And then this third final book fell flat. I appreciate some of the story line talking about how the Society differs from The Rising, and how they are much the same as well. But I couldn't get myself to care about any of the characters, or really what happened in the book.
This book drained the life from me. I thought that since I liked the 2nd book, that the 3rd would be better....well that didn't happen. I hated it. I'm being generous with the 2 star rating. I'm glad it's over. So many times did I want to hang it up, but was being optimistic that it will get better...and oh, how was I so wrong!