katchingvibes 's review for:

Reached by Ally Condie

3.0

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Okay this book was definitely NOT what I expected. I’m not even sure what I expected but it wasn’t this, but not to say it’s absolutely horrible or anything. I did enjoy it. I caught myself not wanting to put it down because I wanted to know what happened. But the plot was pretty monotonous, honestly. The Plague, a cure, blahblahblah. I guess I just didn’t connect to it how I wanted to. There were definitely parts I enjoyed , especially some things that I wasn’t expecting, little plot twists, but all in all nothing spectacular. I must say I enjoyed it a lot more than Crossed, and felt we had a bit more action going on. But there could’ve been more!!! I felt like there were a lot of cop outs for explaining things, and the whole “the society is the same as the rising” was just an excuse for there not to be more action, even though I DID understand it. There were a LOT of info dumps that tbh my brain did not comprehend and i had to reread them a few times because my brain was not prepared for all that information at once. All in all the series was a solid 3 stars, and I probably wouldn’t read them again, but i might suggest them to someone looking for something to read that doesn’t have high expectations!