The Resistance , by Gemma Malley

Published (first published September 2nd 2008)

ISBN

0747587728 (ISBN13: 9780747587729)

original title

The Resistance

series

The Declaration Series #2

 

The year is 2140. Having escaped the horrors of Grange Hall, Peter and Anna are living freely on the Outside, trying hard to lead normal lives, but unable to leave the terror of the Declaration — and their experiences as surpluses — completely behind them.
Peter is determined to infiltrate Pharma Corporation, which claims to have a new drug in the works; "Longevity+" will not just stop the ravages of old age, it is rumored to reverse the aging process. But what Peter and Anna discover behind the walls of Pharma is so nightmarish it makes the prison of their childhood seem like a sanctuary: for in order to supply Pharma with the building blocks for Longevity+, scientists will need to harvest it from the young.
Shocking, controversial, and frighteningly topical, this sequel to Gemma Malley’s stellar debut novel, The Declaration, will take the conversation about ethics and science to the next level

 

My Review

This is the second instalment of the declaration series and it is as well written as the first one, with just as much drama, originality and uniqueness to it that you can't help but feel attracted and addicted to the novel. I liked the fact that in this novel you got a wider look at the life of peter for this one seemed to focus on his life, what he was now doing, and what his plans now involved. This book was just as well written as the first one because it represented the main plot that the story had outlined for it. It did not run into that classical case of becoming a cliche after the first one, and new endings, mysteries and characters were added into it to give it that efficent depth and edge that every series of books needed. I liked the way that you got to see the idea and history of the longevity drug, that you got to understand it a little more. What I really like though was that thought provoking essence that it carried... Would you choose to live forever or would you choose to have children and to live a life that was full of fun, laughter, trials and tribulations. For me the book just seems to emphasize the importance of life, of how we take advantage of it, and how its not actually something that can carry on forever and ever. 

 

The characters are well thought out, well produced and well described. Like Anna, I trusted maria, even though a part of me knew it was too good to be true, that someone wouldn't just openly help her out just like that. The fact that the author is able to make the characters believable, means that you get the sense of the book being real and alive, that its something that could actually happen and something that we could find ourselves battling through. The novel twisted and changed the whole way through, meaning that as you were reading it you were kept on your toes. You were never sure who to trust and whether they had a fair enough reason to be trusted. 

 

The plot that occured where the surpluses were being used for an experiement, was a good one. I knew that something had to be going on there, but at the same time it was also well hidden and well kept. It just seemed to add this little something extra to the story that made you wonder, how long till a revolution does actually happen, and people decide that living forever is not the best thing in the world. A wonderful series of books, a series that I am enjoying.  

 

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