Customer Reviews

The Resistance

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

THE RESISTANCE is the much-anticipated sequel to THE DECLARATION. It picks up where THE DECLARATION left off and is told through Peter's eyes.

He and Anna live together with Ben, Anna's brother, in a rundown house trying to keep out of the way. Peter and Anna aren't comfortable being Legal yet, and find the stares and nasty comments coming from the other citizens unsettling.

Peter and Anna work for the Underground whenever they can. They both want to see the Declaration a thing of the past.

Peter gets his chance when his grandfather, head of Pincent Pharma, offers him a position at the company. Pincent Pharma is responsible for Longevity, the drug that makes an extended life possible. Peter uses this opportunity to get information for the Underground.

What he finds causes him to question his beliefs about the Declaration, the Underground, and his relationship with Anna. It takes uncovering a horrible secret to put him back on track.

THE RESISTANCE was just as good as THE DECLARATION. The suspense keeps you turning page after page. Peter's character is so likeable and his devotion to Anna is heartwarming.

Gemma Malley leaves it open for another story, and I for one can't wait to see what happens next.

Reviewed by: Karin Librarian

If you liked the first book, I think you will like this one as well. It packs just as much of a punch as the first one. It's a worthy sequel, staying true to the characters and adding new levels of intrigue, peril, and ethical debate.

It loses a star because I think these books are too cruel for the YA genre. I feel like there are too many truly evil people in this book who get pleasure and satisfaction out of hurting others. While I know there is true evil in the real world as well, I don't think it's necessary to be quite this sadistic in order to warn the next generation of the dangerously slippery slope of bioethics.

The other half star is due to faulty science. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief as to what the wonders of modern medicine could do in the future, but the stem cell science that most of this society's tenets are based on is not accurate.

I have enjoyed the high-quality writing, and I will certainly read the third book to see how everything turns out. But these books do not leave a 5-star feeling lingering in my thoughts, so to speak.

For those who think Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) moved slow or dragged, read this series. The follow up to The Declaration, is a worthy sequel.

Our characters, Peter and Anna are raising Anna's brother Ben while trying to help the Resistance fight against Pincent Pharma. Peter agrees to start working for his Grandfather and keep his eyes open for anything interesting. Now that they are both legal, Peter is getting pressure from his Grandfather Richard to sign the Declaration. Anna and Peter don't want to but after discovering some troubling news, Peter believes it won't matter and signing the Declaration won't make a difference. While this story focuses on the Resistance and the struggles Peter and Anna face being Legal and being so young when Adults are so fearful of youth.

This story moves fast and draws you in same as the previous book. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. I look forward to the next book and finding out how this series concludes.

The idea of a world with no children and adults living forever is a fantastic one for a science fiction book! Whereas the focus was very much on Anna in The Declaration, here it is more diverse, with the introduction of several new characters, Jude, Pip and Richard.
Peter and Anna aren't exactly feeling comfortable in the world they are now legally part of; working with the Underground movement to restore a "natural" order, Peter infiltrates Pincent Pharma and discovers more horrifying things going on.
While clearly not always very scientifically accurate, I found this a much enjoyable story and a very good sequel to The Declaration.

It's a good series. Plot development is great in this 2nd book. You'll enjoy the book if you enjoy dystopian fiction. A great addition to the literature in the dystopian genre. I highly recommend the series to anyone who is interested in this genre

This was a good sequel...enjoyed it more than the first. Since I found Anna a boring character, I was quite interested in getting to know Peter, Jude and Peter's evil grandfather. There was pretty much lots of action from the beginning of the book...so it was easy to get into. I enjoyed the ending...not sure where book three can go from here...guess I'll find out!

The second book in a series that begins with the Declaration. This book continues with the saga of Anna and Peter and their involvement in the Underground that is trying to bring the bad guys down. Again, you can't just read one or two, but all three.
A good read.

So...The Resistance. The sequel to The Declaration. Funny, both are YA fiction, but this one FELT a lot like YA in a way that The Declaration did not.

The two main characters, Anna and Peter, are the same main characters from The Declaration. While this is a good and fluid continuation of their story, this time more from Peter's perspective than Anna's, it just felt somehow....juvenile, I think is the word I am looking for.

I did give this 4 stars but really I would have rated it 3.5 if that were an option.

We are finding out more about the evils of Longevity+, the life-prolonging drug taken by nearly the entire population, and more importantly, about its limitations.

The Underground network plays a more active role in this book, and a surprising relationship develops towards the end. All in all a good read, but I am ready for the happy ending now.

The next book, The Legacy, which of course I will read, is due out early next year.

A pharmaceutical company takes unethical activity to the edge, in Gemma Malley's THE RESISTANCE.

Fifteen-year-olds Anna and Peter are now Legal, and have the opportunity to change society from the inside. Both had sworn they'd never sign the Declaration come age sixteen, but doubts are setting in. Bowing to pressure, signing becomes increasingly appealing - if only to settle guilty consciences. And as Peter works for his grandfather's PharmaCorp, he expects corruption, but the extent of it is still shocking.

You can't trust your family. Can't trust your friends. Can't trust your allies. And at the end of the day, you can't even trust yourself, either.

Like THE DECLARATION, THE RESISTANCE continues with the themes of liberation, freedom of choice, and oddly believable economics. Further explored here are trust and bioethics, and the internal - as well as external - conflicts are ramped up to the maximum. This is a wrenching, thought-provoking novel, and a sequel that even stretches beyond its fascinating predecessor. You'll feel the characters' frustration as well as your own, and be emotionally drained from the more harrowing scenes (including one I was planning for my own writing, damn it).

Get this duology, people - you need these gripping reads.

Just finished this book and thought it was a very suspenseful, interesting follow up to The Declaration!

The only hesitation I have in writing this 5 star review is that I'm not sure what part of "young adult" this book is aimed at. Sure, the main characters are young adults, but some of the issues tackled in this book (And the 1st one) may be big moral/ethics topics some may have issues with..

Loved it, though and looking(hopefully) forward to the 3rd?