The thing about 'The Fall' is that it was too simple; simple characters, simple plot, simple ending. Good dystopians should make you think and question and this one just didn't. There wasn't any moral conflict in the novel - the good guys were good and the bad guys were bad and there wasn't any blurring of this line. 
 Ana's dad became my favourite character, because he was the most complex of them (though that's not saying much). Evelyn Knight - the baddie - wasn't given any real backstory or fleshing out, other than an affair with Ana's dad when they were younger, which she's still bitter about . Her reasons for the Pure/Crazy split weren't explained, and I just don't think she was a strong character. I also didn't understand the character of Jack Dombrant - I couldn't work out his motivations or reasons for doing things. He seemed to switch sides pretty quickly. 
 The relationship between Ana and Cole became increasingly hard to believe - he broke up with his girlfriend of like 10 years because of his vision of him kissing Ana? How is that at all plausible? And of course the ex-girlfriend has to have no redeemable characteristics at all, and placed at odds with Ana. Ana and Cole had instalove in the first novel, and there's not any study or examination of it in this one; they are just together. I wasn't very convinced by their relationship. 
 The ending was also hard to believe; it was like a magic fairytale ending, where everything ends happily ever after. I refuse to believe that just because Evelyn Knight dies and they reveal some of those atrocities, that everything will just reverse themselves and all prejudices will just reverse themselves. That doesn't ring true to me, which is why I thought the ending was just too happy. 
 I will say that there was character development on Ana's part - she was certainly stronger in this novel. Also, the book was more action-packed than the last one, and I began to come round to the idea of glimpses. I liked that they showed you at the best version of you, even if I found it weird that this supernatural-type element was embedded within the novel with no explanation. 
 This is the second and final book in the series (I believe) and I just found the whole series a bit lacklustre