Allyson Braithwaite Condie

"Rio has always dreamed of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia for life in the Above; however, when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, Rio is left stranded below where she must find a way to unlock the secrets of the siren voice she has long hidden and save Atlantia from destruction"--

A Novel

Atlantia

Rachel Kanyid

This was an interesting concept... And I thought the characters were good...
I just didn't love it.

The writing style could have used some improvement, but I was already familiar with her writing style so that didn't really bother me too much... I just thought it was somewhat slow up until about 150 pages in.

I do appreciate the fact that it's not a trilogy, because I really hate that almost every author these days feels the need to make book into trilogies when everything could be summed up in just one or two books.

Overall, I think this was an enjoyable book, for the most part, but it was the best book ever, by any means.

Ally Condie

From the New York Times and international bestselling author of the Matched trilogy, Ally Condie, comes a brand new mysterious world! Can you hear Atlantia breathing? For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above--of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio's true self--and the powerful siren voice she has long hidden--she has nothing left to lose. Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother's death, her own destiny, and the complex system constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths. A New York times bestseller!

Nicole Dykeman

I liked this book a lot, but still not as much as Matched. It was good, with great ideas and a captivating plot, but I felt like a lot of characters were underdeveloped and everything happened to quickly. But it's definitely worth a read.

Set within a civilization that lives deep beneath the sea, twin sisters, Rio and Bay, are about to make the most important decision of their lives. Will they choose to stay Below, sacrificing their soul but living in happiness, or to go Above, keeping their soul but living in weakness and misery. No one could have predicted their choice.

Lorraine Fernando

I originally picked up this book because it had been sitting on my shelf for so long so I just had to read it. But I ended up being pleasantly surprised. However I am torn as to how to rate this book, because I have the feeling like I enjoyed reading it but I can’t seem to have a wholly logical reason for why. (Maybe it’s because I read fast? So it didn’t feel slow? I have no clue.)

I can’t exactly pinpoint what it was about this book that touched my heart, maybe it was being I related with the main character so much. The novel begins in a place where Rio, the protagonist, is immediately abandoned by her sister and feels alone. However, over time she finds that no one really abandoned her.

Normally it is a turn off when a book begins with the character being an orphan, but her mother’s death was an important plot point, and her father’s death was barely mentioned. So for once, the orphan trope didn’t cause me to pull out my hair with annoyance.

The think that makes or breaks a book is the ending, and as someone who loves to know the answers to every single small question I have about subplots, it was surprising that I liked this ending. Of course there was a romance element to the book, this is YA I’m reading, but the epilogue was more about her sister and that’s why I loved it. This story was more of a tale about family and trust than about the ‘long lost city of Atlantis’. In fact, there is no mention of mermaids.

If I had to answer the question as to why I liked this book my answer would be it’s simplicity. Never was there a point where I thought it waste of time to be reading a particular portion of a chapter. (Except for the racing subplot, like other than spending time with True, it did literally nothing.) I loved the pure, true theme of Atlanta.

(But after reading the second two books of Condie’s Matched trilogy, I did not have high expectations when reading this book.)

Erin Russell

The writing was okay, although I have to agree with other reviewers, it could do with more description of surroundings. The plot was unique, but on the same hand, hard to comprehend at times. At the end the whole book left me with a feeling of confusion, but I still enjoyed it. I guess I'm neutral.

Kerry Gibbons

Nothing supremely shocking or new about this book but a fairly straightforward girl-with-special-powers-beyond-those-known-falls-in-love-when-trying-to-save-her-dystopian-society novel.

Danielle H.

Review to come once school dies down and I have time to write one.

Rio dreams of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia and living in the world Above. But all Rio's hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, leaving Rio stranded Below. Atlantia is crumbling. Guided by an unlikely mentor, Rio begins to ask treacherous questions about her destiny, her home and the corrupted system that governs the Divide between land and sea. Her life - and the fate of her city - depends on Rio listening to the voices of the past, and her willingness to speak the forgotten truth. Acclaim for Matched- 'Unmissable.' Marie Clarie'The hottest YA title to hit bookstores since The Hunger Games.'Entertainment Weekly

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Joleen

I liked the idea behind the novel. I liked where Ally Condie went with the story, but I have to say I don't think I am a huge fan of her work. Between this novel and the Matched series, I feel her ideas are solid but she doesn't take me where I want to go with them. I'm left upset with where she has taken her amazing story line.

Milana Marie Waller

1.5 I was really hoping to like this book because of the Matched Trilogy books that I have read most of, also by Ally Condie. I found this book boring and pointless and I really didn't like it I wished I would have

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