Reached (Matched, #3) in End of the Series Reading Challenge

Jul 08, 2011 Louisa rated it it was amazing

Great, great, great book, very complex, with the plague, and the pilot, and all 3 POV's, and just a very wonderful ending to a great series! Can't wait to see what Ally Condie writes next! ...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Shannon rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2013

Hmm. There is no doubt that Ally Condie writes beautifully. But I would be lying if I didn't say I was just a little bored. Part of the problem is that this book centers on finding the cure for a plague epidemic. Most of the talk is about the plague, the symptoms of the plague, how the plague mutated, how the plague spread, how someone is immune to the plague, etc etc. Instead of focusing on what the first book was about: freedom of choice and the freedom to love who you choose. I did enjoy the ...more

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Sep 16, 2016 Darlene rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library, audiobook, young-adult, dystopia, read-in-2016

This series started off so strong. I absolutely loved Matched! It was one of my favourite reads in 2011. I really enjoyed Crossed but felt it wasn’t as good as its predecessor. I had high hopes that Condie would recapture in Reached what I loved so much about Matched, but this last installment in the trilogy was a little lackluster for me.

The Society is crumbling. When a fatal illness sweeps through the Society and they can no longer contain how widespread the outbreak has become, a rebellion kn This series started off so strong. I absolutely loved Matched! It was one of my favourite reads in 2011. I really enjoyed Crossed but felt it wasn’t as good as its predecessor. I had high hopes that Condie would recapture in Reached what I loved so much about Matched, but this last installment in the trilogy was a little lackluster for me.

The Society is crumbling. When a fatal illness sweeps through the Society and they can no longer contain how widespread the outbreak has become, a rebellion known as the Rising swoops in to save the day. The Plague makes victims become “still” and fall into a coma-like state and will eventually die without a cure. The Rising say that they have the cure, and they begin treating the victims. Then the virus mutates, and the Rising’s cure is no longer effective. Can the Society and the Rising work together to find the cure in time to save everyone?

Secrets are revealed and the past is uncovered, but the excitement just wasn’t there! I thought that the pace of the book moved a bit too slowly, to the point where my mind was drifting while I was listening which NEVER happens. Even the triangle between Xander/Cassia/Ky lost its angst and drama. I have to say, though, that I like how the book ended and who wound up with whom!

I liked Reached, but I thought the series as a whole declined with each book in the trilogy so I am a bit disappointed. I still like Condie’s writing and plan to read more of her work.

It has been a long time since I heard Kate Simses, and her voice is perfect for Cassia. I have no idea of Ms. Simses’ age, but she genuinely sounds like a teenager! Jack Riccobono returns again as Ky, and I thought his pace was a bit off. For me, his narration was a bit slow. It has been so long since I listened to Crossed, so I can’t recall if his pace was slower in that book as well. A third narrator, Matt Burns, was added for Xander as this book was told from all three points of view. He is new-to-me, and I enjoyed him.

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Dec 23, 2011 Princess Debz rated it it was amazing

Shelves: best-books-ever, to-re-read, i-own-it, dystopia, read-in-2012, lds, young-adult, clean-reads, made-me-cry, series

Ally Condie, what have you done to me? I was having a perfectly normal day and you had to go ruin it by writing the perfect book!

Full (and very long) review to come...

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