Hey Chroniclers! I'm back with another short post. Things are blah lately but whatever. I haven't been in the mood for anything but I'm trying to change that. By changing that I need to force myself to do things so that I get back into routine. So let's begin with this super short post.
I finished reading The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa. It was an alright book and just something about the series doesn't really call out to me. I don't know if it's the ideas or the writing or the characters but it's alright really.
I started reading Reached by Ally Condie the final book in the Matched Trilogy and so far I'm liking it more than the other two. We get three different point of views which gives me different voices to read from and I think that's why I'm liking it more. Plus, things are finally happening and I can't wait to see it get down. I'm currently on page 80 out of 512.
That's all I've been reading really. Haven't had much of a chance to read, especially not this weekend since I wasn't home at all. Hopefully this week I can finish a bit more.
What are you guys reading? Let me know down in the comments below and we can discuss!
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Showing posts with label Ally Condie. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Honesty Hour (4)
Ola Chroniclers! (Just went all Portuguese on you guys!) How is everyone doing? Hopefully not as lazy and cold as I am. I'm dreading going into that freezing bathroom and taking a shower. But, we are here to talk about books! Today I'll be bringing back another post that I haven't done in the longest. It is called... Honesty Hour! Honesty Hour is this thing I do where I talk about a series or characters or something from a book. It's not a book review nor is it like one. This is more of a discussion WITH SPOILERS that I kind of tell the truth on how I really feel and don't try to sugar coat anything. You can check out example of the previous three down below;
Harry Potter Characters James Potter, Cho Chang, Severus Snape, and Draco Malfoy
The Mortal Instruments Pre-Lost Souls
Nightshade Trilogy Pre-Bloodrose
For this week I've decided to do another trilogy of which I have some feelings towards and that is...
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie!
I bought Matched around the same time it had just come out and I bought it simply because the cover looked amazing. I'm a cover freak and judge a bit by the covers. I didn't even read the synopsis with that much attention. I knew it was Dystopian so I figured it would be good. So I finally read it and while it was good it lacked so much! I found myself bored at times, especially when the main character, Cassia, spends the majority of her time climbing a hill and thinking. When I think of Dystopian I think of action and a revolution. While there was talks of revolting and Cassia says she is, I didn't see it. No action was taken for there to be a revolution.
Also as we know she gets Matched with her best friend and then another guys picture flashes. The fact that she falls in love with this other guy simply out of curiosity. I thought it was a low blow to her best friend. There was no way that she could just instantly love this guy she has basically never fully met. I thought it was a cheap way to get into the love story and perhaps should have been played out a bit better.
The only part that really got me pumped up was towards the end. A certain scene where two parents are being separated from each other and are trying to grab each others hands. That's what got me going. It showed me that the world Cassia lives in has power to do whatever they want. But then it went back to falling flat.
Enter Crossed. I was a bit hesitant to getting into this one but I finally did. It was certainly much more action-packed than the first one but at times it got a bit boring as well. I liked the whole running away thing but again it didn't feel like Cassia was giving the revolution she keeps talking about. The part that really got me infuriated was the ending.
After everything Cassia and the others went through. After everything they had to do. Out of nowhere they go back to the city. Just like that. Again it felt like such a cheap shot and I felt as if I was stolen a good ending for the book. The set up for this "revolution" to play out in book 3 was so random at the end of the second book I can't even put it into words. The way it was played out felt dumb to me. I just really felt cheated. The characters spend the whole time running away not wanting to go back and in one page they end up back. Not captured. They went back themselves. There was nothing leading up to that, it was so random.
And thus, I am afraid for Reached. Especially since the book is huge, I'm so afraid that it'll disappoint me. I'll read it soon this year but I'm so afraid that I'm going to get a crappy ending that it'll probably just make me wish I've never read the trilogy in the first place. But we shall see how it goes. I personally think that this trilogy got too much hype for what it's not worth.
AND! They're making it a movie which let's be honest, I will watch. I like watching adaptations and seeing how they play out compared to the book. I don't complain about scenes not being in there or some changes because if I want the actual thing, I'd read the book. A movie is a movie is a movie. But I am afraid that it's going to be a bit boring like the book unless they change it up a bit.
What are your thoughts on the trilogy? Was it over-hyped or do you think it was actually good? Leave your comments down below.
Don't forget to check me out on other places around the web of inter...
Twitter: @SubtleChronicle
Facebook: The Subtle Chronicler
Goodreads: Michael Araujo
And if you want to buy the books to check them out for yourselves...
Harry Potter Characters James Potter, Cho Chang, Severus Snape, and Draco Malfoy
The Mortal Instruments Pre-Lost Souls
Nightshade Trilogy Pre-Bloodrose
For this week I've decided to do another trilogy of which I have some feelings towards and that is...
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie!
I bought Matched around the same time it had just come out and I bought it simply because the cover looked amazing. I'm a cover freak and judge a bit by the covers. I didn't even read the synopsis with that much attention. I knew it was Dystopian so I figured it would be good. So I finally read it and while it was good it lacked so much! I found myself bored at times, especially when the main character, Cassia, spends the majority of her time climbing a hill and thinking. When I think of Dystopian I think of action and a revolution. While there was talks of revolting and Cassia says she is, I didn't see it. No action was taken for there to be a revolution.
Also as we know she gets Matched with her best friend and then another guys picture flashes. The fact that she falls in love with this other guy simply out of curiosity. I thought it was a low blow to her best friend. There was no way that she could just instantly love this guy she has basically never fully met. I thought it was a cheap way to get into the love story and perhaps should have been played out a bit better.
The only part that really got me pumped up was towards the end. A certain scene where two parents are being separated from each other and are trying to grab each others hands. That's what got me going. It showed me that the world Cassia lives in has power to do whatever they want. But then it went back to falling flat.
Enter Crossed. I was a bit hesitant to getting into this one but I finally did. It was certainly much more action-packed than the first one but at times it got a bit boring as well. I liked the whole running away thing but again it didn't feel like Cassia was giving the revolution she keeps talking about. The part that really got me infuriated was the ending.
After everything Cassia and the others went through. After everything they had to do. Out of nowhere they go back to the city. Just like that. Again it felt like such a cheap shot and I felt as if I was stolen a good ending for the book. The set up for this "revolution" to play out in book 3 was so random at the end of the second book I can't even put it into words. The way it was played out felt dumb to me. I just really felt cheated. The characters spend the whole time running away not wanting to go back and in one page they end up back. Not captured. They went back themselves. There was nothing leading up to that, it was so random.
And thus, I am afraid for Reached. Especially since the book is huge, I'm so afraid that it'll disappoint me. I'll read it soon this year but I'm so afraid that I'm going to get a crappy ending that it'll probably just make me wish I've never read the trilogy in the first place. But we shall see how it goes. I personally think that this trilogy got too much hype for what it's not worth.
AND! They're making it a movie which let's be honest, I will watch. I like watching adaptations and seeing how they play out compared to the book. I don't complain about scenes not being in there or some changes because if I want the actual thing, I'd read the book. A movie is a movie is a movie. But I am afraid that it's going to be a bit boring like the book unless they change it up a bit.
What are your thoughts on the trilogy? Was it over-hyped or do you think it was actually good? Leave your comments down below.
Don't forget to check me out on other places around the web of inter...
Facebook: The Subtle Chronicler
Goodreads: Michael Araujo
And if you want to buy the books to check them out for yourselves...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Stacking The Shelves (3)
Whoa! I haven't done one of these in the longest because I haven't gotten any books! =D Except yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble for a friends birthday present and had some coupons so I got a book. That book is....
Reached by Ally Condie!
This book is a MONSTER compared to the other two. It feels like it's the first two put together and kind of bothers me that it doesn't even out with the others. But! Because it is such a big book I'm hoping for some action-packed madness that the second one promises and not something tame. After all this is book three in the trilogy!
Have you guys read this yet? If so, leave your comments down below with your spoiler-free opinions on it. If not, you have to buy it!
Reached by Ally Condie!
This book is a MONSTER compared to the other two. It feels like it's the first two put together and kind of bothers me that it doesn't even out with the others. But! Because it is such a big book I'm hoping for some action-packed madness that the second one promises and not something tame. After all this is book three in the trilogy!
Have you guys read this yet? If so, leave your comments down below with your spoiler-free opinions on it. If not, you have to buy it!
Haven't read the first two? No problem, check them out here!
But before you leave, make sure you check out some links such as...
Review for Matched by Ally Condie
Review for Matched by Ally Condie
Monday, April 2, 2012
Monday's Novel Talk (47)
Whoa! It's been a while since I've posted. I have actually been really sick, like in bed can't get up sick. Yea, that bad. But I've still been reading and finishing some books on top of that. Since last Monday, March 26th I have finished 3 books and started a 4th.
The Last Olympian: Finally finished the last Percy Jackson book and it was amazing. Loved how the whole book itself was a battle and it truly excited me because usually last books take their time to build up to the last battle and then have it last like 1/4 of the book. But this battle was more like 3/4 of the book and it was amazing!
Percy Jackson: The Ultimate Guide: I did say I was going to read all of the books but this was more like a recap of the whole series. There was a bit new information but it was basically just all five books wrapped up.
Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files: This offered 3 new short stories to the Percy Jackson universe and they were good. But I think I kind of wanted to finish the whole Percy Jackson and just move on to other books. But I still enjoyed the stories a lot. They were great additions to the universe.
Crossed: I'm currently reading Crossed by Ally Condie and am on page 271 of 367 and I'm enjoying it MORE than I did the first book Matched. There seems to be more action and suspense than there was in the first book and I only hope it keeps going up from here on. I'll be finishing this book tonight so let's see how it is!
What are you guys reading? Leave your comments down below! =D
The Last Olympian: Finally finished the last Percy Jackson book and it was amazing. Loved how the whole book itself was a battle and it truly excited me because usually last books take their time to build up to the last battle and then have it last like 1/4 of the book. But this battle was more like 3/4 of the book and it was amazing!
Percy Jackson: The Ultimate Guide: I did say I was going to read all of the books but this was more like a recap of the whole series. There was a bit new information but it was basically just all five books wrapped up.
Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files: This offered 3 new short stories to the Percy Jackson universe and they were good. But I think I kind of wanted to finish the whole Percy Jackson and just move on to other books. But I still enjoyed the stories a lot. They were great additions to the universe.
Crossed: I'm currently reading Crossed by Ally Condie and am on page 271 of 367 and I'm enjoying it MORE than I did the first book Matched. There seems to be more action and suspense than there was in the first book and I only hope it keeps going up from here on. I'll be finishing this book tonight so let's see how it is!
What are you guys reading? Leave your comments down below! =D
Friday, March 2, 2012
Cover Reveal: Reached by Ally Condie
So I have NO idea how I didn't know about this cover reveal but apparently I missed it completely until my friend Ky from Can't Find A Bookmark pointed it out to me. But I present to you the cover for the third and final (I think) book in the Matched Trilogy....
Reached by Ally Condie!
Now we all know how I feel about Matched, if you don't know check out my review of Matched here. But the covers are just truly amazing. I still remember when Crossed came out and I did a cover reveal for that one. And now we're on the last book, just crazy.
But how do I feel about it? I like it. Kinda. To me it'll probably look better in person as the other two but the first one was just amazing and the second one looked epic. I think it's because the girl in this cover looks completely different than on the first two. On the first two she had reddish-brownish hair where this one is black. Not to mention she looks darker here than on the first two covers.
Also I feel like the first E looks a bit awkward only because the second E is full.
But either way I do like it and I can't wait to buy it on 13 November, 2012. I still haven't read Crossed yet but I will soon. Or perhaps I'll save it to read with this one right after.
What do you guys think of the cover?
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