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Reached
by Ally Condie
When a book is written in first person, I really prefer just one narrator. I can handle 2, but 3? Ugh. Is that ever really necessary? Maybe here because the weird triangle is so well established, but still once you move past 2 narrators, it should be a book rule that it's written in third person.
Anyhow, the story. There was a lot I didn't like. This book frustrated me to a weird degree. First there was that our three narrators were split up almost the entire time. I hate it when love stories do that. The whole "we're apart now so we can be together later" thing is BS. Why the hell do they trust a rebellion that is just like the Society? There is way too much in the field of blind devotion. And there are so many questions left unanswered. You really don't know what's going to happen after the last page. Is it too much to ask that a series feels finished when it is over?
Even with my frustrations, I did like the book. Xander's story felt finished; he got the ending that I wanted for him. I really do like that the guy who doesn't get the girl is legit and nice and smart. He didn't betray her and in other circumstances, they could have been happy together. That the way it happens in life and I am glad Allie didn't make Xander a bad guy so Cassia would have a clear choice. It should be murky and part of you should wonder what it would have been like if you had chosen the other path.
Anyhow, the story. There was a lot I didn't like. This book frustrated me to a weird degree. First there was that our three narrators were split up almost the entire time. I hate it when love stories do that. The whole "we're apart now so we can be together later" thing is BS. Why the hell do they trust a rebellion that is just like the Society? There is way too much in the field of blind devotion. And there are so many questions left unanswered. You really don't know what's going to happen after the last page. Is it too much to ask that a series feels finished when it is over?
Even with my frustrations, I did like the book. Xander's story felt finished; he got the ending that I wanted for him. I really do like that the guy who doesn't get the girl is legit and nice and smart. He didn't betray her and in other circumstances, they could have been happy together. That the way it happens in life and I am glad Allie didn't make Xander a bad guy so Cassia would have a clear choice. It should be murky and part of you should wonder what it would have been like if you had chosen the other path.