ashleyziegler's review
3.0
Wasn't super in love with this book or #3. I just don't really like that the storyline has been backward. Like, it would've gone so much better than it is right now but maybe there's a reason for that!?
I never fully trusted Marie until they were in the "hospital." I for sure thought she was on Arthur's side but I was definitely surprised.
It's crazy to see the different characters come into play between the books so that's pretty cool.
I never fully trusted Marie until they were in the "hospital." I for sure thought she was on Arthur's side but I was definitely surprised.
It's crazy to see the different characters come into play between the books so that's pretty cool.
mayakr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I didn’t know about how many people ended their own lives-
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
itratali's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jaycrust's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
cordiallykathy's review against another edition
4.0
This series started splitting into two different narratives between books 2 and 3 AND THIS IS WHERE IT ALL TIES TOGETHER HAFDJAKF. Book orgasm.
This series is about an epidemic that leads people to commit suicide ):...and this book is where we start finding out where this all stems from. *cue eerie music*
Unlike the first two books, the character development for the main character in this book is *chef's kiss*.
This series is about an epidemic that leads people to commit suicide ):...and this book is where we start finding out where this all stems from. *cue eerie music*
Unlike the first two books, the character development for the main character in this book is *chef's kiss*.
amanda818's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
nelli_lakatos's review against another edition
4.0
I read another amazing book in this series.
There are just two books left which is quite sad, I love this series and doesn’t want them to end yet. So I’m definitely excited to continue with it but my next read is going to be something else so they can last a bit longer.
There are just two books left which is quite sad, I love this series and doesn’t want them to end yet. So I’m definitely excited to continue with it but my next read is going to be something else so they can last a bit longer.
lilo000's review against another edition
3.0
Sure I cared about how the main character turned out, but the ending portion felt rushed, and I couldn't bring myself to care much about the side/supporting characters.
alifromkc1907's review against another edition
4.0
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Gut Instinct Rating - 5
Story Line - 5
Writing Style - 4.5
Characters - 4
Excitement Factor - 5
Believability for type and topics - 5
Similarity to other books - 5
Dust Jacket Art - 3
Title Relevance - 5
Published in 2016.
Pages: 378.
Number of books by author: 23 (3 Others in Program Series).
Genre: YA Fiction.
When Quinlan found out some news about her role as a closer, all hell broke lose in The Remedy. Quinn and Deacon are on the run... for answers that is. They won't stop until they get them, but they might be stopped before that time has come.
First off... Suzanne Young, if you're reading this..., you're pulling at my heart strings (again).
Makes the Top-10 Highly Recommended list. I'm not just saying this because this is my favorite series. I loved this book, and ironically enough, two of my complaints are the same complains I've had since The Remedy/prequel began, although it existed in The Treatment, I think it was much more obvious when the prequel was released. This book was good. Just as good as the series will ever be. (And I've not been doing reviews long enough, but if we gauge the same details failed, we're looking at about a 4.69 rating for the series as a whole.) If you haven't started this series, I have one of two suggestions. Don't start it until you know Young's done with it forever. No come-backs, no additions. When she's sealed the fate of the characters, start with the prequels... because I can't imagine how insanely fucked up it is that I had to go back in time and pretend I didn't know things (kind of makes you feel like you're part of The Program/The Treatment... was that intentional?). If you can't wait, and I mean you really can't wait, and since we don't know what she's got planned, although, I'm predicting (maybe praying) we'll get at least two more books to seal the fate of Sloane and James, and Deacon and Quinn. Read them in the order they were released. But if I was you... I'd start with The Remedy. If I was just now hearing about this (which would be a damn shame), I would've noticed on Goodreads that there were three other books before The Epidemic, and I would've figured out that Young wrote the prequels after the first two books were released, and I would've started at the beginning. But no matter how you read it, no matter what order (it almost doesn't even matter if you read 1, 3, 2, 4, or 4, 3, 2, 1), just fucking read this series.
Characters were well done; needed some small adjustments. I hadn't noticed this until I had read The Treatment, and then read some of the complaints people had on Goodreads... but then it stuck out like a sore thumb!... the characters are all the same... the females all need to be saved, and the males are protective alpha's who have some issue with another male who likes his girl and there's some history with the other guy... so it's a love-triangle without the actual love and the actual triangle, if that makes any sense. Sloan and James present the exact same way that Quinn and Deacon do. The adventures, luckily, are different enough that we don't run into all of the same characters. And maybe I should've given this a 4.5, because I loved that we got to see a few familiar faces in this book. It's been a while since I've read the Remedy, but I can't remember there being so many repeat-characters. Anyways, this was a great extension of those characters that were just mouse-squeaks in The Remedy, and even in The Program & The Treatment (although, sequel's to this story, you could say the characters actually started here and moved there, but either way....). Despite the characters being almost identical in personality and display (seriously.... instead of a blond girl in the prequels, we have a blond boy... just go compare the covers... it all makes sense).
I could see this happening.... right now... tomorrow. Last year, I read an article (and if you're really nosy, you'll fish around on Suzanne's Facebook page for it, but there is a mental health pharmaceutical company, or maybe it was a team of psychiatrists who were looking into how to remove traumatic memories... what are the odds?! (I'm sure they're pretty good, actually.) Not to mention, this story line is like CBT (cognitive-behavioral-therapy) on crack. And that survey the students fill out? It's pretty similar to the one you fill out when you meet a new psychologist/iatrist for the first time. Young really invested time into the process of mental health, especially how it displays in teenagers (and I think her prior profession of a teacher may have impacted how the school system -which is a large part of these stories- reacts to not only depression and mental health, but suicide). Every thing she writes feels more real than it should (or maybe it's as real as it should be but isn't... don't worry, all these questions are a mind trip because every single book she writes... it's a mind trip.)
I've never read anything like this. And I'm glad. I'm glad that no one else has tried to take her idea and ruin it. It certainly couldn't be written better. I do remember reading a book and thinking, "This feels like The Program." But, considering I can't remember what it is, it didn't have that much of an effect on me, so it must not have been that similar. But these books truly are unique. The story-lines may be classified as fantasy (which I certainly would've denied years ago, and I may even argue that it's realistic/futuristic fiction at this point), but no one else is doing this. No one else is making you think about the pharmaceutical companies (unless you've been watching a lot of CNN lately). No one's been making you think about suicide as an epidemic in teens, when we should be. No one's been making you think about depression and how we categorize it as a "lock down" situation. Young makes you think about these things in a new way, because she's writing about it in a new way. I've read at least 50 books that are about mental health - depression and suicide in particular. None of them touch on the subject like Young does. (She's not paying me to say these things. I swear. They really are that unique.)
Writing was great; some chapter breaks interrupted the flow. I really really hate interruptions to a story line - and I don't mind that this book was parted into thirds. But the starting over of the chapter count really drove me insane. It felt like I was supposed to start a new story, and I wasn't ready to finish, for one thing. But it felt really broken up and not in a good way. It was so final, and so precise that this part is related, but unaffected, maybe would be the best way to describe it.
The story was thorough and wasn't lacking. I was worried, knowing that we potentially have another book or two to come in this series that we wouldn't really have anything concrete answered for us, but we really had a lot of loose ends tied up. The book felt like we could see more of Deacon and Quinlan (or maybe their alter-identities, anyways), but it also felt like if this was the end of this pair's story, we wouldn't be left with uncertainties. The ending was familiar to another book's ending, yet I felt like it provided closure. That Quinlan and Deacon's story was just as similar to Sloane and James' story because they were living the same experience. They were both involved in the Program's on-goings, maybe at different times in the program's development, but I think it provides a lot of closure that each individual is in this regimented situation and will be until the Program ceases, or until the Treatment is exposed. (dun, dun, dun)
Title fits perfectly with the story's mission and tone. And I'm glad she kept with the same two word (if you consider "the" an impactful word) impact. I was kind of weak on The Remedy being a title, but I thought it was interesting that there were references to The Remedy (as a phrase, and potentially as a title) in this book. The Epidemic I think is a great way to transition into The Program, which, if you were to just look at the titles, you have a story in itself. You have The Remedy, and the treatment for what would later become an Epidemic, was closers. Well, then The Epidemic came about, and The Program was developed. And from The Program, The Treatment was developed (and I'm still begging for more input on what happens with that... can we get a two-book-epilogue... is that even a thing?)
The artwork was fine; matched the story okay. Three things bother me about the artwork (and it's hard not to compare to the series, because a series is a series because the story is incomplete without its other counterparts, so bear with me on this last critique.) I REALLY hate the covers. Maybe a bit too much. I think giving us a few faces is just the easy way out. I wanted someone to really delve into what it means, what it feels like to be part of The Epidemic. But, what we got was fine, too. It wasn't like it didn't pair well with the story. It's just not my thing. And I didn't notice (because sadly, I'm missing the dust jacket to The Program) until today, but The Program & The Treatment dust jacket's don't have the cover art on the spine, whereas The Remedy & The Epidemic do... so I'm not a fan of that difference. More importantly, WHY is there not art work on the actual hardcover? Pr/Tr provided additional artwork on the cover. They're all Simon & Schuester published, so I'm really disappointed that they don't all match in that way... even if I dread faces. However, at least The Remedy and The Epidemic both have plain white hardcovers? We're 2 & 2 here... you win some, you lose some.
Gut Instinct Rating - 5
Story Line - 5
Writing Style - 4.5
Characters - 4
Excitement Factor - 5
Believability for type and topics - 5
Similarity to other books - 5
Dust Jacket Art - 3
Title Relevance - 5
Published in 2016.
Pages: 378.
Number of books by author: 23 (3 Others in Program Series).
Genre: YA Fiction.
When Quinlan found out some news about her role as a closer, all hell broke lose in The Remedy. Quinn and Deacon are on the run... for answers that is. They won't stop until they get them, but they might be stopped before that time has come.
First off... Suzanne Young, if you're reading this..., you're pulling at my heart strings (again).
Makes the Top-10 Highly Recommended list. I'm not just saying this because this is my favorite series. I loved this book, and ironically enough, two of my complaints are the same complains I've had since The Remedy/prequel began, although it existed in The Treatment, I think it was much more obvious when the prequel was released. This book was good. Just as good as the series will ever be. (And I've not been doing reviews long enough, but if we gauge the same details failed, we're looking at about a 4.69 rating for the series as a whole.) If you haven't started this series, I have one of two suggestions. Don't start it until you know Young's done with it forever. No come-backs, no additions. When she's sealed the fate of the characters, start with the prequels... because I can't imagine how insanely fucked up it is that I had to go back in time and pretend I didn't know things (kind of makes you feel like you're part of The Program/The Treatment... was that intentional?). If you can't wait, and I mean you really can't wait, and since we don't know what she's got planned, although, I'm predicting (maybe praying) we'll get at least two more books to seal the fate of Sloane and James, and Deacon and Quinn. Read them in the order they were released. But if I was you... I'd start with The Remedy. If I was just now hearing about this (which would be a damn shame), I would've noticed on Goodreads that there were three other books before The Epidemic, and I would've figured out that Young wrote the prequels after the first two books were released, and I would've started at the beginning. But no matter how you read it, no matter what order (it almost doesn't even matter if you read 1, 3, 2, 4, or 4, 3, 2, 1), just fucking read this series.
Characters were well done; needed some small adjustments. I hadn't noticed this until I had read The Treatment, and then read some of the complaints people had on Goodreads... but then it stuck out like a sore thumb!... the characters are all the same... the females all need to be saved, and the males are protective alpha's who have some issue with another male who likes his girl and there's some history with the other guy... so it's a love-triangle without the actual love and the actual triangle, if that makes any sense. Sloan and James present the exact same way that Quinn and Deacon do. The adventures, luckily, are different enough that we don't run into all of the same characters. And maybe I should've given this a 4.5, because I loved that we got to see a few familiar faces in this book. It's been a while since I've read the Remedy, but I can't remember there being so many repeat-characters. Anyways, this was a great extension of those characters that were just mouse-squeaks in The Remedy, and even in The Program & The Treatment (although, sequel's to this story, you could say the characters actually started here and moved there, but either way....). Despite the characters being almost identical in personality and display (seriously.... instead of a blond girl in the prequels, we have a blond boy... just go compare the covers... it all makes sense).
I could see this happening.... right now... tomorrow. Last year, I read an article (and if you're really nosy, you'll fish around on Suzanne's Facebook page for it, but there is a mental health pharmaceutical company, or maybe it was a team of psychiatrists who were looking into how to remove traumatic memories... what are the odds?! (I'm sure they're pretty good, actually.) Not to mention, this story line is like CBT (cognitive-behavioral-therapy) on crack. And that survey the students fill out? It's pretty similar to the one you fill out when you meet a new psychologist/iatrist for the first time. Young really invested time into the process of mental health, especially how it displays in teenagers (and I think her prior profession of a teacher may have impacted how the school system -which is a large part of these stories- reacts to not only depression and mental health, but suicide). Every thing she writes feels more real than it should (or maybe it's as real as it should be but isn't... don't worry, all these questions are a mind trip because every single book she writes... it's a mind trip.)
I've never read anything like this. And I'm glad. I'm glad that no one else has tried to take her idea and ruin it. It certainly couldn't be written better. I do remember reading a book and thinking, "This feels like The Program." But, considering I can't remember what it is, it didn't have that much of an effect on me, so it must not have been that similar. But these books truly are unique. The story-lines may be classified as fantasy (which I certainly would've denied years ago, and I may even argue that it's realistic/futuristic fiction at this point), but no one else is doing this. No one else is making you think about the pharmaceutical companies (unless you've been watching a lot of CNN lately). No one's been making you think about suicide as an epidemic in teens, when we should be. No one's been making you think about depression and how we categorize it as a "lock down" situation. Young makes you think about these things in a new way, because she's writing about it in a new way. I've read at least 50 books that are about mental health - depression and suicide in particular. None of them touch on the subject like Young does. (She's not paying me to say these things. I swear. They really are that unique.)
Writing was great; some chapter breaks interrupted the flow. I really really hate interruptions to a story line - and I don't mind that this book was parted into thirds. But the starting over of the chapter count really drove me insane. It felt like I was supposed to start a new story, and I wasn't ready to finish, for one thing. But it felt really broken up and not in a good way. It was so final, and so precise that this part is related, but unaffected, maybe would be the best way to describe it.
The story was thorough and wasn't lacking. I was worried, knowing that we potentially have another book or two to come in this series that we wouldn't really have anything concrete answered for us, but we really had a lot of loose ends tied up. The book felt like we could see more of Deacon and Quinlan (or maybe their alter-identities, anyways), but it also felt like if this was the end of this pair's story, we wouldn't be left with uncertainties. The ending was familiar to another book's ending, yet I felt like it provided closure. That Quinlan and Deacon's story was just as similar to Sloane and James' story because they were living the same experience. They were both involved in the Program's on-goings, maybe at different times in the program's development, but I think it provides a lot of closure that each individual is in this regimented situation and will be until the Program ceases, or until the Treatment is exposed. (dun, dun, dun)
Title fits perfectly with the story's mission and tone. And I'm glad she kept with the same two word (if you consider "the" an impactful word) impact. I was kind of weak on The Remedy being a title, but I thought it was interesting that there were references to The Remedy (as a phrase, and potentially as a title) in this book. The Epidemic I think is a great way to transition into The Program, which, if you were to just look at the titles, you have a story in itself. You have The Remedy, and the treatment for what would later become an Epidemic, was closers. Well, then The Epidemic came about, and The Program was developed. And from The Program, The Treatment was developed (and I'm still begging for more input on what happens with that... can we get a two-book-epilogue... is that even a thing?)
The artwork was fine; matched the story okay. Three things bother me about the artwork (and it's hard not to compare to the series, because a series is a series because the story is incomplete without its other counterparts, so bear with me on this last critique.) I REALLY hate the covers. Maybe a bit too much. I think giving us a few faces is just the easy way out. I wanted someone to really delve into what it means, what it feels like to be part of The Epidemic. But, what we got was fine, too. It wasn't like it didn't pair well with the story. It's just not my thing. And I didn't notice (because sadly, I'm missing the dust jacket to The Program) until today, but The Program & The Treatment dust jacket's don't have the cover art on the spine, whereas The Remedy & The Epidemic do... so I'm not a fan of that difference. More importantly, WHY is there not art work on the actual hardcover? Pr/Tr provided additional artwork on the cover. They're all Simon & Schuester published, so I'm really disappointed that they don't all match in that way... even if I dread faces. However, at least The Remedy and The Epidemic both have plain white hardcovers? We're 2 & 2 here... you win some, you lose some.