The Resistance

The sequel to the stunning to the Declaration, the Resistance is about Anna and Peter's life after they become free from being surpluses. This book starts three months after Anna's parents die and Peter's mother murders his father. Peter gets a job working for his grandfather who is the manufacturer of the drug, Longevity. While Anna is a stay at home sister to her little brother. It is nearing their birthdays, the day they either have to sign the declaration or opt out. While all this is happening, Peter and Anna join the resistance, a group fighting Longevity. While working for his grandfather in the factory, Peter does some snooping, he finds information for the resistance. Some of which will make him change his mind on whether or not to opt out.

The Resistance has the same characters as well as some new ones that have appeared. In this book I don't like Anna and Peter as much because they just seem different to the headstrong character that Peter was, and how Anna is just a whole different. She has a bit more fight in her than the last book but she just isn't the same person she was. Peter is the same but also opposite. He had so much spirit in him but in the Resistance this slowly drains away. The characters just loss their personality as the story goes on. Though there are a few new characters that I like very much, including Peter's half-brother.

Their are some quite disturbing parts in this book. Near the end with how their making the new Longevity+. They make female surpluses pregnant to use the unborn child as an ingredient in their new drug. They take unborn children and turn this new life to make an old life pretty and older. There is also the parts with Anna getting pregnant but luckily their isn't a lot of detail.

This book is a brilliant sequel to the Declaration, even their are a few down points. I recommend it to the people who enjoyed the last book. Or are you strong enough to resist this review?

The book after The Declaration. Peter thinks the fighting is over. He is with the girl he loves, Anna. He has helped her find her parents. He has successfully escaped from the dreaded Grange Hall. Surely now all there is to do is to kick back and let the Resistance (a group of fighters fighting the Longevity drug) do all the work. Wrong. Peter finally discovers one of his family members. His grandfather, the boss of the biggest manufacturer of Longevity in the world. Peter is very surprised when he gets an invitation to work for the company. He accepts, thinking that this was his big chance to finally do something to help the Resistance. He is sure that he can resist being corrupted by his grandfather. He doesn't realise just how good his grandfather is at changing people's minds. Using every dirty trick in the book, his grandfather makes Peter believe that he has managed to sneak into his private office and see his things. What he sees changes everything that comes after. What he believes is a contract for stopping Surpluses from having children. Anna, after hearing this, is devastated. Convinced that there is nothing left to fight for, Peter is prepared to sign the Declaration and tries to get Anna to do it as well. What will happen? I'm not going to tell you. You want to know, read the book.

This is an amazing book, but some of it is a bit disturbing, since it talks about childbirth. Anna and Peter are pulled into a struggle that goes against everything they believe in. Are they strong enough to resist?