The Reaction

The Program #5.5

by Suzanne Young

Shortly after going on a recovery road trip with Michael Realm, James Murphy returns home to bring his girlfriend Sloane a file. Her entire life--the memories that had been erased by The Program--are contained in a manilla folder. James wishes he could save Sloane from her pain, but he can't save her from the past.

A short story set in the world of The Program series by Suzanne Young, The Reaction leads into the last novel in the series, THE COMPLICATION.

Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Novella, Mental Health

8 pages, ebook

First published April 9, 2018

About the author

Suzanne Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program, The Treatment, and several other novels. She currently lives in Tempe, Arizona where she teaches high school English and obsesses about books. Learn more about Suzanne at www.suzanne-young.blogspot.com

Reviews

[Rissa]

The reaction 5⭐️

Realm is giving people back their memories and it makes me love him even more. I dont care that he was somewhat evil I loved him!
I’ve missed Sloane and james too i didn’t realize how much i missed their relationship, their journey until reading this short, short story.
I love seeing the originals even if it was just for 7 pages.

[Kayleigh Potter]

It's okay, but I honestly don't get why we had to buy an additional book to read what could have been just another chapter in The Recovery.

[Trisha]

"Together, they are a blaze."

I can't lie, I've missed Sloane and James - I love Tatum & Quinn but I really missed the first I read through The Program. I can't believe our next book will have all the characters making a cameo. I'm ready, I think - but these few pages only start it and now I'm worried.

Because The Program is far reaching, never dead.....always just a sleeping giant. I can't wait to see where this goes!

[usernameintheworks]

they are always so horny

[Ilana]

The way that this summary is written, you get the sense that it’ll be far more dramatic and deep than what it actually is. There seems to be a lot of build up to considering what Sloane could handle and what she deserved to know now that her world has been completely turned around. The build up throughout the series has always paid off, and sadly in this really really short chapter like object, there’s an anticlimatic ending.

I think that it’s safe to say that we all knew how Sloane would react and what it would mean….but i guess it’s nice to finally have it down on paper

[Nelli Lakatos]

“’You can’t erase James from my heart,’” she reads. “‘Because James is my heart.’”

Well this was a super short story and honestly I don’t even see the point of this.
I didn’t hated or anything but all of that little conversation that happened in this is technically happened in The Recovery short story too. So I’m just confused why this little 8 pages story happened when it wasn’t necessary.
I think if you want to read The Program series you can definitely miss this one.

[Kelli Santistevan]

Shortly after going on a recovery road trip with Michael Realm, James Murphy returns home to bring his girlfriend Sloane a file. Her entire life--the memories that had been erased by The Program--are contained in a manilla folder. James wishes he could save Sloane from her pain, but he can't save her from the past. A short story set in the world of The Program series by Suzanne Young, The Reaction leads into the last novel in the series, THE COMPLICATION.

I read this as an ebook on my Nook App. I enjoyed reading this short story. Sloane, James and Realm are my favorite characters from this series so far and the last time I read about them was in the books The Program, The Treatment and The Recovery so it was really cool to read about them again. I would recommend reading this short story if you want to read more about Sloane, James and Realm but it’s not necessary to read this.

[Katie]

Just a very small snippet from the last half book (1.5) they could have added this in to the last one, but I guess they wanted to remind you of the original characters and close out their story for good. Has nothing to do with the last book next in the series or the one before it. Cute, but unnecessary.

[Niki Flowers]

Too short. :( Would have enjoyed more conversation between the two of them. But I get why it couldn't have been part of The Treatment. Would have stood out to have jumped from one perspective to another just for a chapter. And it wouldn't have had the same effect hearing about this experience secondhand. A fun addition if nothing else.

[Jennifer Melnyk]

I'm 67% done with the second book in this series, but decided to make sure that Sloane and James wind up okay. This little twelve page blip was literally a waste of three minutes of my life. I suppose, though, that I got my answer about Sloane and James. Two stars.

[Deanna Fortin]

I expected it to be more than 7 pages but it was a cute little snippet that brought together why Realm was in the adjustment office in the 5th book. And I have a feeling the headache that James had was leading into the final book.

[Elizabeth Mellen]

Cute little short story back into Sloane and James. I enjoyed this, for the like 3 minutes I was reading it 😂 But I don’t think it’s anything that adds much more to the story, just gives you a bit more if you were craving it.

[Alysa Fenner]

I found it interesting that this book picked up right after the other half book. It was nice to see Sloan look at her files with James. I'm worried about James' headaches, and I hope we will get to see them as well as Nicole and her boyfriend in the final installment!

[Jay Miraldi]

Just a little check in with James and Sloan, not a whole lot of revealing or shocking information but it's okay.

[Alecia]

Really could've just been another chapter in the treatment. No need to make it another book.

[steph]

short story that catapults into the last book of this series— I am totally noooooot ready!

[Melissa]

An okay interlude.

[Kirstyn-maree]

Seemed like it could of been a chapter in one of the other books but not a bad short story.

[Kristin GrandersonDelaney]

Cute but not necessary to the story

[Mai]

this was so pointlessly short?! 😭

[Darren]

This is a short story book by the author of the program. It was well written. I enjoyed reading it.

[Ameythist Moreland]

As much as I love Sloane and James, this felt super unnecessary.

[Andrea]

Short and sweet. James getting headaches is NOT a good sign.....

[Darinda]

A short story in The Program series. Quick and entertaining read for fans of this series.

[Kayla Seidl]

Quick little chapter basically. Bring on book 6!

-bought digitally from Apple Books

[Kate]

Recommend by @merrinkestis on TikTok.
YA sci-fi or dystopian series everyone should read.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRb3TJWR/

[Emily]

⭐️ 2.5 ⭐️

[Nubia Zapata]

For a book called the reaction, I expected a bigger, more emotional story. Yes it was interesting to see Sloane read through her memories, but it was a bit too short to get the full story across.

[Tangie Peltier]

Love James and Sloane but this was unnecessary for 8 pages…

[Cassandra Kay]

Why would we have to buy another book for 9 pages that could have been added to the previous Novella? It was fine but still.