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Reached
by Ally Condie
I was enthralled by Matched and annoyed by Crossed. Reached left me somewhere in between.
I thought Condie did a better job of pulling away from the terrible love triangle in this one, bringing more focus to the rebellion and the society. Unlike some reviewers here, I thought the similarities of the rebellion and the society were deliberate and intriguing. It brought up the great concept that it takes so much to overthrow an established regime, and what happens when the rebellion becomes its own regime.
Xander's voice was added, which was at least distinct from the other two, although Cassia and Ky got more separate as well. I just stopped caring about Xander rather than rooting for him, and frankly didn't care much for most of the characters - it became about reading through them to hear about the society and the Rising rather than reading for them.
The trilogy had its good points: the tablets woven through the books, the creepy Society, the message of hope without complete unbelievable salvation at the end. But the bad were rough: the love triangle that starts out sweetly and becomes belabored, the holes unfilled in the final book, the characters becoming more and more bland.
But I'm still a sucker for a YA dystopia, even if strangely executed.
[Book 3 in a trilogy: Popsugar Book Challenge 2015]
I thought Condie did a better job of pulling away from the terrible love triangle in this one, bringing more focus to the rebellion and the society. Unlike some reviewers here, I thought the similarities of the rebellion and the society were deliberate and intriguing. It brought up the great concept that it takes so much to overthrow an established regime, and what happens when the rebellion becomes its own regime.
Xander's voice was added, which was at least distinct from the other two, although Cassia and Ky got more separate as well. I just stopped caring about Xander rather than rooting for him, and frankly didn't care much for most of the characters - it became about reading through them to hear about the society and the Rising rather than reading for them.
The trilogy had its good points: the tablets woven through the books, the creepy Society, the message of hope without complete unbelievable salvation at the end. But the bad were rough: the love triangle that starts out sweetly and becomes belabored, the holes unfilled in the final book, the characters becoming more and more bland.
But I'm still a sucker for a YA dystopia, even if strangely executed.
[Book 3 in a trilogy: Popsugar Book Challenge 2015]