The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision o... read full description
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision o... read full description
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Feb 21, 2012
Stephanie
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Psst...Stephanie. Wake up, it's over.
Oh, man. Did I fall asleep again? It's not my fault. Really, it isn't. If only Crossed had just a little bit more action and a lot less poetry, it would have been able to keep my attention focused on reading the book instead of hitting my REM cycle. That's not to say I didn't entirely enjoy Crossed, but it also didn't live up to my expectations.
Crossed picks up where Matched left off. Ky had been sent away to the Outer Pro More...
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Nov 07, 2011
karen
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no one told ally condie that the second book in a trilogy is not a resting place, not an opportunity to catch your breath and count your cash. you gotta write something, too. is that mean? probably.is it true? definitely.
even though i wasn't crazy about matched, i wanted to read the next installment just to see where she was going with her brand of dystopia, and with these characters. and also, truthfully, because i am such a sucker for covers, and i love these. i think she mig More...
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Dec 26, 2011
Isaiah!
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Matched was one of my most favorite dystopian lit. books. That being said, I really looked forward to reading Crossed this year.
Did it disappoint me? No. But there are a few things that, I don't know, let's just get on with it:
First of all, I was quite shocked when I found out that the book was written in two different points of view. There's nothing wrong with it, but still, it had me thinking that without Ky's point of view, there would be a whole lot of holes to fill just More...
Did it disappoint me? No. But there are a few things that, I don't know, let's just get on with it:
First of all, I was quite shocked when I found out that the book was written in two different points of view. There's nothing wrong with it, but still, it had me thinking that without Ky's point of view, there would be a whole lot of holes to fill just More...
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Nov 24, 2011
Ghirardelli
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Rage.
Hardcore TURKEY RAGE.
(Happy Thanksgiving all my American buddies by the way)
What WAS THIS?
This was a book? Really? This didn’t have the components of a book.
Okay...total components: Allusions, characters, exposition, characterization.
There really are no words properly defining my rage. Ally Condie CANNOT tell a story. A story should draw you in with its writing and send you off on an adventre that does a good job at blowing your mind. More...
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Jul 18, 2011
JJ
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I can honestly say I've never been more disappointed by a sequel in my life. I rather enjoyed MATCHED, and while I can't say I was foaming at the mouth to read the next, I was curious to see where Condie would take Cassia's story.
The answer to that is: nowhere.
Absolutely nothing happens. Oh sure, plot events unfold, one after the other, but they are without significance. Instead of advancing the story, we are instead treated to endless ruminations about the nature of love, w More...
The answer to that is: nowhere.
Absolutely nothing happens. Oh sure, plot events unfold, one after the other, but they are without significance. Instead of advancing the story, we are instead treated to endless ruminations about the nature of love, w More...
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Feb 08, 2012
Ferdy
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1.5 stars
Cassia wuvs Ky. Ky wuvs Cassia. They both wuv poetry and art. Wuv. Nobody else understands they're wuv for poetry and art. That's why they wuv each other. Cassia and Ky's wuv is forbidden. Wuv. Society no approve of their wuv. Sociey seperates wuv-birds. Cassia should wuv her Society chosen match Xander. Xander wuvs Cassia, cos we can't be deprived wuv triangle. Cassia confunded, does Cassia wuv Xander too?? Cassia has epiphany, she wuvs them both - oh noes!! Wuv. Cassia seach More...
Cassia wuvs Ky. Ky wuvs Cassia. They both wuv poetry and art. Wuv. Nobody else understands they're wuv for poetry and art. That's why they wuv each other. Cassia and Ky's wuv is forbidden. Wuv. Society no approve of their wuv. Sociey seperates wuv-birds. Cassia should wuv her Society chosen match Xander. Xander wuvs Cassia, cos we can't be deprived wuv triangle. Cassia confunded, does Cassia wuv Xander too?? Cassia has epiphany, she wuvs them both - oh noes!! Wuv. Cassia seach More...
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Nov 05, 2011
Lindsay
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I really wanted to like this book. But I found the task impossible. While I loved Matched, I think Condie did not keep up the original ideas, tight plot, and romantic suspense that worked in the first book. She tries using two narrators, but does not distinguish their voices. Other than the heading on the top of each chapter to delineate who was talking, it was almost impossible to figure out who was the narrator. The plot was completely lackluster. Nothing really happens. Most of the events in
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Feb 12, 2012
Imo :D (Omnom Books)
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The middle instalment is Ally Condie’s Matched trilogy, Crossed fell comfortably into the category of ‘okay’. Not exactly the most heart breaking and captivating piece of fiction I’ve ever read, it still carried a good plot with enough to interest you between the pages.
In this book you can see how Cassia has, if not maybe not matured (which she probably has), grown. Her chapters have a more sombre feel, compared to the slightly more relaxed and inquisitive tones that came from the firs More...
In this book you can see how Cassia has, if not maybe not matured (which she probably has), grown. Her chapters have a more sombre feel, compared to the slightly more relaxed and inquisitive tones that came from the firs More...
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Oct 31, 2011
Lea
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This is actually getting 2.5 stars. I'm being nice.
Sigh... where to begin with this one? You know that I **try** to be nice with my reviews and at least say something that I liked about a book before I go all crazy-rant-girl on it, so I guess we'll do a run-down of what I liked about this second book in Ally Condie's Matched trilogy first...
Crossed did a good job of continuing the romance between Cassia and Ky, and honestly, I do like the romance between them More...
This is actually getting 2.5 stars. I'm being nice.
Sigh... where to begin with this one? You know that I **try** to be nice with my reviews and at least say something that I liked about a book before I go all crazy-rant-girl on it, so I guess we'll do a run-down of what I liked about this second book in Ally Condie's Matched trilogy first...
Crossed did a good job of continuing the romance between Cassia and Ky, and honestly, I do like the romance between them More...
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Dec 19, 2011
Brooke
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If the point of this sequel was to provide "food for thought", someone should tell the author over-eating is bad, very very bad, as was this sequel.
About half way through this novel, I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish. This promising series took a turn for the worse. What started out as an intriguing adventure became a forced introspective on the "oh so sad" human condition by way of paragraph after paragraph of what almost read like sermon. I felt a certa More...
About half way through this novel, I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish. This promising series took a turn for the worse. What started out as an intriguing adventure became a forced introspective on the "oh so sad" human condition by way of paragraph after paragraph of what almost read like sermon. I felt a certa More...
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Nov 17, 2011
Jessica
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It's like 1984 meets My Side of the Mountain. I took my time reading this book and when I sat back and thought about it, I realized that it was because the writing was just so beautiful. It felt like I was reading poetry. Ally was so good at unfolding the story. Every time I learned something new about the characters or the world, I just ended up with more questions. The biggest question was: "Is everything really what it seems? What's REALLY going on?" One of my favorite things
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Dec 28, 2011
JJ iReads
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Crossed, the much anticipated sequel to Matched, picks up shortly after Matched leaves off with Cassia working in the fields to try to get to Ky. She spends quite a bit of time there looking for the best opportunity to get to the outer provinces, where she believes Ky is, but is slowly losing hope of finding one. Cassia is about to be moved to another assignment when she receives a visit from Xander, her lifelong friend and actual match assigned to her by The Society. Xander is also who helped s
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Nov 27, 2011
Maia❤Blinn
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I'm not really sure what to rate this book. I'm kind of divided on it, honestly. It wasn't quite as good as the first book in the trilogy, Matched, but it wasn't bad either.
I had high expectations for this book. I LOVED Matched, and I was sure Crossed would be liked as well. Crossed was a good read, but much more fast paced than Matched. It was told in Cassia and Ky's point of views, alternating. Some of the chapters were extremely short.
Every part seemed to be very sho More...
I had high expectations for this book. I LOVED Matched, and I was sure Crossed would be liked as well. Crossed was a good read, but much more fast paced than Matched. It was told in Cassia and Ky's point of views, alternating. Some of the chapters were extremely short.
Every part seemed to be very sho More...
Nov 20, 2011
Kirsty (overflowing library)
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I was a huge fan of Matched. I loved the characters and the world built up around them. By the end of the book I was desperate to know what happened next and see where the story went next.
Crossed takes up the story directly where the Matched left off. The story itself is really a development of the Ky and his view on the world in which he and Cassia live in. You start to see the world from his point of view and after not being a fan of his in book one I really started to warm to him es More...
Crossed takes up the story directly where the Matched left off. The story itself is really a development of the Ky and his view on the world in which he and Cassia live in. You start to see the world from his point of view and after not being a fan of his in book one I really started to warm to him es More...
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Nov 06, 2011
Jessica
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It's hard to even know exactly where to begin. I wanted so badly to love this book, because I have been dying to read it from the moment I finished Matched last year, which I had given 5-stars to. While Matched is perhaps closer to 4-stars at times, ultimately I found myself very interested in the World that Condie built and in the relationships developed throughout the book. Unfortunately loving Crossed is out of the question and I realized this very early on.
The book begins right w More...
The book begins right w More...
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Dec 29, 2011
The cover looks good. Except.. well, it doesn't. Kind of awesome, but then her leg and arm make it look unreal. :/ I get the whole escape-thing, but mhe. :/
The Matched-end broke my heart. Hope Crossed'll fix it. :)
The Matched-end broke my heart. Hope Crossed'll fix it. :)
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Jan 26, 2012
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Crossed is the second instalment in the Matched trilogy, so it’d be wise not to continue reading this review if you’ve not read the first book!
So, in Matched, we were introduced to Cassia, Xander, Ky and the Society, and the story takes place in Central – the city. The story ends as Ky’s dragged away to the Outer Provinces and Cassia’s family has been sent to live and work in the Farmlands of Keya Province. In Crossed, Cassia has been moved away from her family and sent to a work cam More...
So, in Matched, we were introduced to Cassia, Xander, Ky and the Society, and the story takes place in Central – the city. The story ends as Ky’s dragged away to the Outer Provinces and Cassia’s family has been sent to live and work in the Farmlands of Keya Province. In Crossed, Cassia has been moved away from her family and sent to a work cam More...
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Oct 25, 2011
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Crossed is the highly anticipated sequel to Matched, a novel that instantly took my breath away when I first dove into it. With an interesting and exciting world setting, this particular dystopian redefined my way of thinking in terms of what society wants best for us versus how they effect our way of thinking. With an instant connection with protagonist Cassia, I was well on my way to making this series my absolute f More...
Crossed is the highly anticipated sequel to Matched, a novel that instantly took my breath away when I first dove into it. With an interesting and exciting world setting, this particular dystopian redefined my way of thinking in terms of what society wants best for us versus how they effect our way of thinking. With an instant connection with protagonist Cassia, I was well on my way to making this series my absolute f More...
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Nov 04, 2011
Megan
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After Matched, which I had quibbles with but enjoyed, Crossed came as something of a disappointment. Oh, sure, I tore through it in about 4 hours -- and with a bad head cold at that. However, if I hadn't already been invested in Cassia's story from reading Matched, I'm not sure that Crossed would have kept my interest up.
The problem with Crossed? It suffers from a problem common enough in the second book of a trilogy, but more so than any other #2 in a series I've ever read. Cros More...
The problem with Crossed? It suffers from a problem common enough in the second book of a trilogy, but more so than any other #2 in a series I've ever read. Cros More...
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Nov 09, 2011
Heidi
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Two and a half stars: A disappointing follow up!
Cassia finds herself in the farmlands near the Outer Provinces. Day in day out she scratches in the soil planting seeds, tiny specks of hope thrown into the cold ground. Far from all traces of her former life in the center of The Society, including her family, Xander and Ky. She survives on the meager messages that sporadically come from the Port, scraps of love from her parents, who loved and trusted her enough to set her free down More...
Cassia finds herself in the farmlands near the Outer Provinces. Day in day out she scratches in the soil planting seeds, tiny specks of hope thrown into the cold ground. Far from all traces of her former life in the center of The Society, including her family, Xander and Ky. She survives on the meager messages that sporadically come from the Port, scraps of love from her parents, who loved and trusted her enough to set her free down More...
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Nov 12, 2011
Jessica
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Submission. Rebellion. Truth. All three are elements in Ally Condie‘s Matched trilogy, and all three, when working in concert, make for a captivating read.
In “Crossed,” Cassia follows her heart and leaves the Society behind. It’s a hard decision and could mean never seeing her family or Xander again. But Cassia can’t imagine never seeing Ky, either, and she journeys to the Outer Provinces to find him.
It’s not just a matter of finding Ky, More...
Submission. Rebellion. Truth. All three are elements in Ally Condie‘s Matched trilogy, and all three, when working in concert, make for a captivating read.
In “Crossed,” Cassia follows her heart and leaves the Society behind. It’s a hard decision and could mean never seeing her family or Xander again. But Cassia can’t imagine never seeing Ky, either, and she journeys to the Outer Provinces to find him.
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Jan 14, 2012
Emily
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Compare to the first book, this is more exciting. In every chapter, there's always a heart-stopper happening around. There are twists and more explanation about the Society. As the story progresses, more questions lift up. Questions like why Xander joined the Uprising, why the Society keeps their attention to a girl like Cassia and why Xander would give Cassia the blue pills. I don't believe that he doesn't know what they do since he fell in the medical section. Is he trying to kill her or what?
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Nov 23, 2011
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Mar 25, 2011
Hey, one of those shards from the broken bubble is really close to the model's fist, so it looks like she's giving readers the finger.
Lol!
Lol!
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Jan 04, 2012
Patricia Marie
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I give this book a complete 5 star because of the excitement that it gave me to read the 3rd book. (On second thought. 3/5)
I hated the first book. I got carried away by Cassia abandoning Xander. Makes me remember Gale in the Hunger Games trilogy, how Katniss rejected him. And the fact that in the first book, everything was so sudden, especially when Cassia decided she love Ky. It's unfair for Ky since he love Cassia since the day he saw her in the pool. And Cassia was like the typica More...
I hated the first book. I got carried away by Cassia abandoning Xander. Makes me remember Gale in the Hunger Games trilogy, how Katniss rejected him. And the fact that in the first book, everything was so sudden, especially when Cassia decided she love Ky. It's unfair for Ky since he love Cassia since the day he saw her in the pool. And Cassia was like the typica More...
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Sep 05, 2011
Karina
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don't know where to start.
First, I defiantly recommend you re-read Match before hand, especially if you don't remember much about it. Because Crossed defiantly refers back to events that took place in Match.
I liked it, though I can't help but think why dystopians have become so popular all of the sudden.
And I wish the main character, Cassia, wasn't from the Society! She's so naive about a lot of things and that, to me, just makes her an annoying character. Es More...
First, I defiantly recommend you re-read Match before hand, especially if you don't remember much about it. Because Crossed defiantly refers back to events that took place in Match.
I liked it, though I can't help but think why dystopians have become so popular all of the sudden.
And I wish the main character, Cassia, wasn't from the Society! She's so naive about a lot of things and that, to me, just makes her an annoying character. Es More...
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Nov 18, 2011
Wendy
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** some spoilers **
Initial thoughts: This is a book you'll either really like, or feel disappointed. If you have expectations before you read the book, I tell you the best thing to do is empty your mind...don't expect anything, and you won't be disappointed.
This is more of a deep character sketch of Cassia, Ky and a few new characters. Besides Ky and Cassia (and a very, very brief appearance of Xander), none of the characters from Ma More...
** some spoilers **
Initial thoughts: This is a book you'll either really like, or feel disappointed. If you have expectations before you read the book, I tell you the best thing to do is empty your mind...don't expect anything, and you won't be disappointed.
This is more of a deep character sketch of Cassia, Ky and a few new characters. Besides Ky and Cassia (and a very, very brief appearance of Xander), none of the characters from Ma More...
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Nov 09, 2011
Chelesbells
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I am a huge fan of dystopian novels. They are probably my favorite genre right now. I also love a book with tons of action, sitting on the edge of my seat, pulse racing, heart pounding, gasping for air… Sorry… drama queen moment - I’ve never really read anything that actually made me gasp for air… Anyway… While I enjoy the action-packed books, I still appreciate a slower paced, deeper, thought-provoking story, and that is exactly what I found in Crossed. I am a big fan of Matched and have be
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Dec 17, 2011
I must say, I'm very disappointed. I hoped Crossed would've been better than Matched, seeing how Cassia left the cookie-cutter world to . . . Well, I forget why, but figured there'd be action galore, fighting against The Man, in other words, a real page turner. Yeah, I built up a completely different novel in my noggin. I read around 70 pages and at the end of the day, Crossed and I didn't mesh, gel, vibe. And to be perfectly honest, I think the straw that broke the camel's back was when around
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