The Remedy + The Epidemic By Suzanne Young --> Starting November 3rd 2016

[Kim at Divergent Gryffindor]

Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill—she can “become” anyone.

Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. She’s not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them, and be them for all intents and purposes. But to do her job successfully, she can’t get attached.

Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she’s portrayed. When she’s given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl’s boyfriend. But that’s only the beginning of the complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina’s death. And the epidemic it could start.

[Meaghan]

Finally got around to finishing this! Posting my updates now!

[Meaghan]

Let me just preface this by saying this was one crazy rollercoaster ride of a book, and I enjoyed every second of the ride!

[Meaghan]

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(view spoiler)[I really love the concept of this book! I hope the author writes it well. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

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(view spoiler)[Her own father is breaking all of these rules of protection for this job? Even when it risks his own daughter? (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

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(view spoiler)[Quinn's new haircut is just proof she's getting too attached (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

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(view spoiler)[There's so much mystery surrounding the assignments! They take away Quinn's lifelines, make the job happen directly after another and also make it longer, and make a boyfriend involved. It's almost as if they want Quinn to get attached. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

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(view spoiler)[My head is still spinning after all that! There's still so much to figure out. Memory manipulation is seen in the Program, is Quinn just a test subject then???? And what's going on with Deacon? Quinn doesn't deserve to be hurt and betrayed and lied to with yet another. I want to read the Epidemic right away, but I'm so worried it's all going to go so wrong! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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Reading from the 3rd of November 2016

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[Katrina G]

Starting this now!

[Katrina G]

Part 1 chapter 1: (view spoiler)[Only one chapter in, and I can already tell this is going to be a little intense. I think the characters are already fleshed out pretty nice, so I already feel attached to them (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 1 chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ The fact that Quin is so apprehensive, and there are rules against doing this new case they way they are doing it, it's obvious that it's a bad idea. I'm annoyed at her father for putting her in the position that she's in. He should know better (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 1 Chapter 5: (view spoiler)[ Aww. Deacon turned back to look at her. The dead girl's (her name slips my mind) boyfriend didn't do that in the journal entry we read. I think Quin is about to be in way over her head (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 1 chapter 8: (view spoiler)[ I feel really bad for Quin. She has all these memories, but more than half of them aren't even hers. It's really sad. (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 2 chapter 6: (view spoiler)[ With this being a prequel to the Program, I'm trying to find ways to relate the two. At this point I'm sure Catalina committed suicide. But it looks to me that Quin is getting to the point where she would be at risk to be entered into the Program. So I wonder if maybe she's part of the reason it came into being in the first place? (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 2 chapter 11: (view spoiler)[ To be honest, it took a lot longer for that kiss to happen than I thought it was going to (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 3 chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ I know Deacon is just trying to help, but after the way he's been so commitment-phobic with Quinn, I feel like he's being really unfair (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Finished.

(view spoiler)[ Those last two chapters were insane! I can't wait to read the next book (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Starting now

[Katrina G]

Part 1 chapter 1: (view spoiler)[ Ugh this is really sad. I hope she just made the wrong conclusion, but even then, she's on her own now and I feel so sad for her (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 1 Chapter 8: (view spoiler)[ It's interested seeing everything leading up to the Program. I'm glad that Quinn's plot is still moving forward, but it's starting to weave in with the other books of this series (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 2 chapter 1: (view spoiler)[ I don't know. Deacon's story just seems too convenient. I want to believe it's true, but I still feel like there might be more to the story than he's letting on (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 2 chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ So Virginia is basically the first person who is a part of the Program? (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Part 2 chapter 11: (view spoiler)[ I don't blame Deacon for wanting a different life. His other is kind of horrible (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Whoa girl you are running through them! I will be starting Remedy after i finish my current read. Slow night at work so i should have it done by the end of my shift

[Katrina G]

Finished. It was so much better than the Remedy was

[Katrina G]

Brooke wrote: "Whoa girl you are running through them! I will be starting Remedy after i finish my current read. Slow night at work so i should have it done by the end of my shift"

I'll check back periodically so we can still chat about it. I didn't have any homework to do today, so reading was the only thing I did lol

[prag ♻]

Katrina wrote: "Finished.

[spoilers removed]"

I know, right? This is the first time I've loved a companion series as much as the actual one.

[prag ♻]

Katrina wrote: "Part 2 chapter 11: [spoilers removed]"

I didn't like Deacon :(

[prag ♻]

BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE EPILOGUE (view spoiler)[That scene got me so emotional asdfhajh (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Pragya wrote: "BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE EPILOGUE [spoilers removed]"

RIGHT!?!?!

[Brooke]

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(view spoiler)[ This truth tea reminds me of the stuff they shot up in Divergent to do trials. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

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(view spoiler)[ Yah im pretty sure getting your hair done is a bad idea. Red Flag right here, i think she is getting too attached already! (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

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(view spoiler)[ Kissing!? bad idea, abort abort!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Ending Thoughts
(view spoiler)[ This has taken some crazy turns. Everyone is running away! I really want to know why these kids are killing themselves!! (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Brooke wrote: "Ending Thoughts
[spoilers removed]"

I think the turns were the best part of the whole book. There were some slow moments, but the end really made up for it.

[prag ♻]

Brooke wrote: "Ending Thoughts
[spoilers removed]"

Have you read The Program?

[Brooke]

Yep, read The Program and The Treatment awhile ago, awaiting the final book!!

[prag ♻]

Wait, final book? I thought there will be two more books, but with different characters (not Sloane and James, I mean)

[Brooke]

Pragya wrote: "Wait, final book? I thought there will be two more books, but with different characters (not Sloane and James, I mean)"

There is only one "full" book left, The Adjustment.

Then you have The Recovery as well as the two we are reading.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/6181...

[prag ♻]

Hold on, check this out, there'll be another book after The Adjustment. Basically three sets of two + The Recovery.

I really want to read The Recovery, but I really don't because I hated Realm a lot. Have you read that?

[Brooke]

Pragya wrote: "Hold on, check this out, there'll be another book after The Adjustment. Basically three sets of two + The Recovery.

I really want to read The Recovery, but I really don't because I hated Realm a ..."

Guess i'll wait to read the Adjustment til the Complication comes out then.

I haven't read the Recovery yet, i wanna knock it out after i read these thou

[Brooke]

Starting

[Brooke]

Page 31:
(view spoiler)[ OMGEEEE SHE PICKED MY NAMEEEEEEE (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Page 116:
(view spoiler)[ Wasn't expecting that kill to off himself at a party, intense. Deacon freaking found her :( (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Page 158:
(view spoiler)[Why doesnt she remember anything???? (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Remedy, CH 3 (view spoiler)[I don't like what these people do to "help" people. Seems more sick and twisted in a way (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

The Remedy - Part 1, Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[ I think the concept is unique. This story seems intense as Quinn lives as these other girls. I wonder how she never got attached before the new assignment. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

The Remedy - Part 1, Chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ How can her father put in this type of position? The fact that she was apprehensive to the assignment is bugging me. It tells me that she might not want to be a closer anymore but just Quinn. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

The Remedy - Part 1, Chapter 8: (view spoiler)[ I do not think this assignment will go well. I think it was a bad idea for her anyways because she was apprehensive about it in the beginning. Also, I think the discovery of how Catalina died will be vital in this book. (hide spoiler)]