Review: Reached
Author: Ally Condie
Rating: 4/5
Genre: Dystopa
Recommend To: fans of Delirium
Finished! Wow, the epic Matched trilogy has really ended? Seems so. My heart is still racing actually. As in the last books, the writing is superb, the characters all tug at your heart and the plot is complex and twisted. It’s a real experience.
The Plot: We resume as Cassia, Xander and Ky (all part of the Rising now) come to terms with their new roles, with their belief in the legendary Pilot and as they try to put together all the clues of the Plague, the tablets, and the Otherlands. Of course, we have the usual heartbreak and love triangles but overall the romance didn’t overwhelm the storyline at all. In fact, it gave the story an altogether more melancholy feel. The plot itself was rather up and down especially because we were missing some of the story (especially with the red tablets wreaking havoc in Cassia’s memory) but by the end everything was able to come together even if it was drawn out.
The Characters: Reunited with Cassia, Ky and Xander as well as Indie, Eli, and some new, such as the Pilot and Oker. Each is special and flawed uniquely, with his/her own haunting story. Compared with other dystopian boy meets girl novels, the Matched trilogy is so much more in depth with the backstories and lives of each of the characters. The triple POV helps too, rather than make everything confusing. It helps bring three sides into one story. Cassia and Ky are of course focused on the cure and trying to get back with each other, but there is Xander also, trying to find his place in someone’s heart. Painfully poignant but you are unable to put it down.
The Romance: Like said, it doesn’t affect the story of the three struggling to find a cure and save the ones they love. They have families who they love too, not just a love interest. A love triangle (of course) but well done and resolved beautifully (even though I would have loved to know even more about Laney).
The Writing: This is honestly the best part of the novel. It is a long novel but it doesn’t feel like it because of the wonderful prose and beautiful descriptions. All the stories, poems and pictures serve a wonderful purpose and make Reached a very rich novel. It’s one that shows the struggle the characters face to make their own choices and leaves a struggle still to be faced by the characters at the end, while still finishing the story and letting us know it’s time to move on.
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