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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
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!
Wish I could have read through the series all at once. I hate waiting for the sequel to come out. It's better reading straight through
ok, i want to start off by saying that i am not hating on this author or her writing. This just personally is not my writing style. I'm just gonna be really blunt here: Cassia doesn't really have much of a personality. I'm not saying that she is an emotionless person that does nothing. I just think that over the last few books she's gotten REALLY bland. Like literally every other teen girl that's the YA protagonist. In the first book, it wasn't terrible. I like the first book. The plot was good, the mystery keep me into it and i liked our heroine. But by the second book, all she cared about was Ky. Like obsessively. That's all she talked about and it was literally the only plot point till the very end. Also the writing in some places bothered me. Not a big fan. But i had hopes for this book. This book was ok at the beginning and answered a nagging question i had. But after about the 60-page mark, it was the same problem. And after a while, it got on my nerves. I decided to just read the last chapter to see if anything changed. Nope. She ended up with the guy and they were freed from the Society. The summary of that book. It didn't need to be 512 pages. Honestly, if I could think of people that I could replace that heroine with, is this book really worth my time? Just my opinion though.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
The conclusion to the Matched trilogy is a bit underwhelming. The Rising and Society clash, but much of that conflict is peripheral to the story of Cassia, Ky, Xander. The three main characters start off in different parts of the Society. When they finally meet, Cassia's love interest is clear and the friendship between the three isn't really tested. The conclusion is satisfactory, but there was so much more Condie could have done with this world and these characters.
"I will go through this to reach you"
I really don't understand why some people didn't like this ending. It concluded things beautifully and nothing was left unanswered except for the whereabouts of the Markham kid. Which I am totally okay. It wouldn't really affect the plot... Anywho, yes I loved this ending and I'm too emotionally compromised to write a good review about this book.
One thing I didn't like of the ending:
1. We didn't see if Anna won or not, I would've loved seeing her as our leader and to see the changes she would do to make our society (no capitalization) better and stronger.
2. Xander and Lei? Seemed a little forced. I knew since the beginning that she has Leany, I just had a hunch. And when we were reaching the end and nothing was happening I thought I was wrong and then Cassia asked her. I am so proud to have been able to foreshadow something as big as this. So so proud, good job Bella! But yeah, I think I would've preferred if Xander was just with her, but not actually in love with her. Seriously, one does not get over their first love as quick as he did and move on to the next one. You aint Drake, honey.
Ky and Cassia were perfect ever since Crossed. So no complaints there. I just loved the conclusion of this series okay? It was perfect and I wanted an epilogue, which just shows how much I loved the ending and how god damn much I love this series.
"There is satisfaction in knowing that something good and right and true was part of you. That you had the blessing, gift, good fortune, perfect luck, to know someone like this, to pass through fire and water and stone and sky together and emerge, all of you, strong enough to hold on, strong enough to let go."
I really don't understand why some people didn't like this ending. It concluded things beautifully and nothing was left unanswered except for the whereabouts of the Markham kid. Which I am totally okay. It wouldn't really affect the plot... Anywho, yes I loved this ending and I'm too emotionally compromised to write a good review about this book.
One thing I didn't like of the ending:
1. We didn't see if Anna won or not, I would've loved seeing her as our leader and to see the changes she would do to make our society (no capitalization) better and stronger.
2. Xander and Lei? Seemed a little forced. I knew since the beginning that she has Leany, I just had a hunch. And when we were reaching the end and nothing was happening I thought I was wrong and then Cassia asked her. I am so proud to have been able to foreshadow something as big as this. So so proud, good job Bella! But yeah, I think I would've preferred if Xander was just with her, but not actually in love with her. Seriously, one does not get over their first love as quick as he did and move on to the next one. You aint Drake, honey.
Ky and Cassia were perfect ever since Crossed. So no complaints there. I just loved the conclusion of this series okay? It was perfect and I wanted an epilogue, which just shows how much I loved the ending and how god damn much I love this series.
"There is satisfaction in knowing that something good and right and true was part of you. That you had the blessing, gift, good fortune, perfect luck, to know someone like this, to pass through fire and water and stone and sky together and emerge, all of you, strong enough to hold on, strong enough to let go."
medium-paced
All in all, I was pretty satisfied with Reached as a conclusion to the series. While the first book is told only from Cassia's perspective, the second adds in Ky's perspective, and the third has Cassia's, Ky's and Xander's perspectives. I usually don't like alternating perspectives because they don't allow you to get to know any of the characters really well -- but, since we had the whole series to get to know these characters, I felt like it really worked.
A common problem, I think, with series-ending books is that the author tries to wrap everything up, give everyone a happy ending, and tie a nice bow around it all. On the one hand, I want some of that. I don't want to see characters I have grown to love unhappy or, worse, dead.
But on the other hand, I sometimes hate it. It's not realistic and feels false. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Reached strikes a really great balance of happy endings and leaving some things undecided. The end feels realistic, but there are still some loose ends, some less-than-perfect futures that are still possible. And I like that.
I liked the series a lot and definitely recommend it to readers who like a bit of romance and adventure. :)
A common problem, I think, with series-ending books is that the author tries to wrap everything up, give everyone a happy ending, and tie a nice bow around it all. On the one hand, I want some of that. I don't want to see characters I have grown to love unhappy or, worse, dead.
But on the other hand, I sometimes hate it. It's not realistic and feels false. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Reached strikes a really great balance of happy endings and leaving some things undecided. The end feels realistic, but there are still some loose ends, some less-than-perfect futures that are still possible. And I like that.
I liked the series a lot and definitely recommend it to readers who like a bit of romance and adventure. :)
2.5 stars. I loved the first book. The second book was a little boring, but I thought that it was building up for the action in book 3. I found this book to be a very dull. Not much action even when the Rising took over. A lot of details were left out. How did Ky and Indie get so good at flying? And Xander being a medic? The world building was not great. I didn't feel like I was there. I actually skimmed over parts of Cassia's chapters because I found them to be boring. I really had high hopes for this trilogy since I loved the first book, but I was disappointed.