A review by amarylissw
Atlantia by Ally Condie
3.0
I remember liking Matched fairly well, then reading the rest of the series . . . which kind of ruined the whole thing for me.
However, Atlantia, as a stand-alone, seems to be a much better written story, in my opinion. The story itself, though not an entirely original idea, was interesting, and Condie took some new turns on it. I liked that, opposed to most books, we stayed Below, instead of exploring the Above. It was interesting to see how Atlantia worked, and although it was a fairly short book, I still got a fairly good sense of the world. Of course, it would be nice as to how the "miracles" actually happened.
The writing was beautiful in some ways, simplistic, sometimes a little too simplistic, in others. And though our characters seemed to go through great turmoil, I never really felt any of their emotions.
Even though the romance was hardly developed, I liked it. I do wish there was more development, but I'm also kind of glad that the whole story was not focused on the romance.
Anyways, if you liked Matched, you will definitely like this. If you didn't like Matched, you might try this.
However, Atlantia, as a stand-alone, seems to be a much better written story, in my opinion. The story itself, though not an entirely original idea, was interesting, and Condie took some new turns on it. I liked that, opposed to most books, we stayed Below, instead of exploring the Above. It was interesting to see how Atlantia worked, and although it was a fairly short book, I still got a fairly good sense of the world. Of course, it would be nice as to how the "miracles" actually happened.
The writing was beautiful in some ways, simplistic, sometimes a little too simplistic, in others. And though our characters seemed to go through great turmoil, I never really felt any of their emotions.
Even though the romance was hardly developed, I liked it. I do wish there was more development, but I'm also kind of glad that the whole story was not focused on the romance.
Anyways, if you liked Matched, you will definitely like this. If you didn't like Matched, you might try this.