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In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen ...more
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen ...more
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Hardcover, 369 pages
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November 30th 2010
by Dutton Books for Young Readers
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Jun 29, 2011
Laurel
rated it
it was ok
Recommends it for:
People who enjoy love triangles I guess
Recommended to Laurel by:
My eyes
The fart was this? I just...the FART WAS THIS?!
That beautiful cover is mean. It drew me right in with its pretty lime green bubble bait of death. Can't help wanting to have some of my favorite color on my reading shelf. Hnnnnng. It said, "READ ME OR I WILL MURDER YOU FAMILY." And I bought it so it'd stop glaring at me in the teeny-bopper section of B&N.
I opened Matched, and snails came at me with their shells and antennae of slime and grime and chime and dime. SNAILS EVERYWHERE. I couldn't move, ...more
That beautiful cover is mean. It drew me right in with its pretty lime green bubble bait of death. Can't help wanting to have some of my favorite color on my reading shelf. Hnnnnng. It said, "READ ME OR I WILL MURDER YOU FAMILY." And I bought it so it'd stop glaring at me in the teeny-bopper section of B&N.
I opened Matched, and snails came at me with their shells and antennae of slime and grime and chime and dime. SNAILS EVERYWHERE. I couldn't move, ...more
Official Transcripts
June 21, 2001 • AOL Chatroom AuthorTalk
ACondieHottie: Oh my gosh! Lois Lowry! You're actually online!
2timeNewbery: Sigh. Hello, Allie.
ACondieHottie: It's Ally. With a 'y'!
ACondieHottie: I can't believe u forgot! Don't u read my letters?
2timeNewbery: I've received them, yes.
ACondieHottie: Ur my favorite author! Ur books R so rad!
ACondieHottie: Especially The Giver! I love that one! It's so aweum!
ACondieHottie: Jonah's world is so neet! I want to write a book just like it!
ACond ...more
June 21, 2001 • AOL Chatroom AuthorTalk
ACondieHottie: Oh my gosh! Lois Lowry! You're actually online!
2timeNewbery: Sigh. Hello, Allie.
ACondieHottie: It's Ally. With a 'y'!
ACondieHottie: I can't believe u forgot! Don't u read my letters?
2timeNewbery: I've received them, yes.
ACondieHottie: Ur my favorite author! Ur books R so rad!
ACondieHottie: Especially The Giver! I love that one! It's so aweum!
ACondieHottie: Jonah's world is so neet! I want to write a book just like it!
ACond ...more
Oct 07, 2010
Tatiana
rated it
it was ok
Recommends it for:
fans of tepid teen romance driven novels
Recommended to Tatiana by:
Annalisa
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First thing first. I think Ally Condie owes at least half of her seven-figure paycheck to Lois Lowry. The entire dystopian world is lifted directly from Lowry's The Giver. Almost everything interesting in Matched is very familiar - the idea of highly controlled Society (the Community in The Giver), the prearranged Matches, uniform clothing, the pills suppressing emotions, predetermination of everyone's life course, euthanized elderly, regulated personal possessions, th ...more
First thing first. I think Ally Condie owes at least half of her seven-figure paycheck to Lois Lowry. The entire dystopian world is lifted directly from Lowry's The Giver. Almost everything interesting in Matched is very familiar - the idea of highly controlled Society (the Community in The Giver), the prearranged Matches, uniform clothing, the pills suppressing emotions, predetermination of everyone's life course, euthanized elderly, regulated personal possessions, th ...more
that feeling when you enjoy a book, go and check out other reviews, see it has a friend average of 2.99, and then you silently question everything about your life. 😂
i dont know what to say other then i liked this. i thought it was fresh, original, and entertaining. i thought the plot was cool, i found myself caring about the characters, and im looking forward to the next book.
my entertainment standards must be pretty low. lol.
↠ 4 stars
i dont know what to say other then i liked this. i thought it was fresh, original, and entertaining. i thought the plot was cool, i found myself caring about the characters, and im looking forward to the next book.
my entertainment standards must be pretty low. lol.
↠ 4 stars
1.5 stars
Matched drew me in with it's unique summary and beautiful cover, unfortunately that is where my fascination ended.
I wanted to like this book.... actually I wanted to love it, but I didn't. I had a very hard time getting though this novel. I even had to take a break from it completely, and I only kept reading because of the encouragement from others that had read it, insisting that it would get better. It didn't get a whole lot better for me.
I guess my biggest problem was that I was bored for mos ...more
I wanted to like this book.... actually I wanted to love it, but I didn't. I had a very hard time getting though this novel. I even had to take a break from it completely, and I only kept reading because of the encouragement from others that had read it, insisting that it would get better. It didn't get a whole lot better for me.
I guess my biggest problem was that I was bored for mos ...more
Soo... basic storyline being of a society where officials decide every aspect of a person's life from the big stuff as in who they'll marry (or be 'matched' with) and when they'll die to the little stuff like what they eat, how they dress and their daily routines. The story tells how Cassia is matched to a boy but falls for another and suddenly begins to question the rules of the society, heading as she does so straight into a world of secrets and danger. Great sounding plot, am I right? Too ...more
Dec 01, 2010
Joyzi
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Peeps who don't mind The Giver and The Hunger Games rip-off
Recommended to Joyzi by:
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Book Review
Okay I promised I'll write an in depth review so here it is and I'll try to not put biggie spoilers. (I'm going to use Q & A style of reviewing this time)
What made you pick-up the book?
> I actually watched a book trailer in Youtube (the link to that vid was way down there somewhere) so and yeah I got intrigued by that video and then I go to goodreads and read reviews about it. I was a bit shock about the mix reviews, some was positive and some was negative. So because of it I think I ...more
Okay I promised I'll write an in depth review so here it is and I'll try to not put biggie spoilers. (I'm going to use Q & A style of reviewing this time)
What made you pick-up the book?
> I actually watched a book trailer in Youtube (the link to that vid was way down there somewhere) so and yeah I got intrigued by that video and then I go to goodreads and read reviews about it. I was a bit shock about the mix reviews, some was positive and some was negative. So because of it I think I ...more
Everything in this book is so CLEAN! I loved that. You have to understand, I had a "thing" for utopian societies in high school. BRAVE NEW WORLD, THIS PERFECT DAY, HARRISON BERGERON . . . oh, yes! I've read them all. And what struck me about some of them was that it was supposed to be the perfect, future society, but everyone just seemed so sweaty . . . But not so in the Society. Everything is carefully sanitized. Clothes are clean, or quickly changed when they are not. The world has been cleane
...more
yeah.
this is one i might be too old for. a lot of people compare this to The Giver, and i get it, in that they are both these forced-utopias, but then, so is The Stepford Wives, yeah? but since i didn't like the giver, i can't really complain that this was a rip-off, because neither of them did very much for me, so i'm not going to go waving any flags around in either's defense. you are on your own, books...
but if i had to.
this one may have been slightly more entertaining to me because it was le ...more
this is one i might be too old for. a lot of people compare this to The Giver, and i get it, in that they are both these forced-utopias, but then, so is The Stepford Wives, yeah? but since i didn't like the giver, i can't really complain that this was a rip-off, because neither of them did very much for me, so i'm not going to go waving any flags around in either's defense. you are on your own, books...
but if i had to.
this one may have been slightly more entertaining to me because it was le ...more
Matched (Matched, #1), Ally Condie
Matched, by Ally Condie, is the first novel in the Matched trilogy.
The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly-controlled society in which young people are "matched" with their life partners at the age of 17.
The main character is seventeen-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.
However, when viewing the information for her Match, the picture of another young man - Ky Markham, an acquaintance outcast at her sch ...more
Matched, by Ally Condie, is the first novel in the Matched trilogy.
The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly-controlled society in which young people are "matched" with their life partners at the age of 17.
The main character is seventeen-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.
However, when viewing the information for her Match, the picture of another young man - Ky Markham, an acquaintance outcast at her sch ...more
This book is like a long train ride. When I first got on I was like, "Oh man, look at this train! Wow! Look at all the people! *peeping out the windows*, *looking at the scenery*." Then, after about 40 pages I was like, "You know what? This scenery is kind of repetitive. I'm getting kind of bored. Maybe I'll check out the dining car." After a little bit longer, I was second-guessing my decision to take the train at all and wondering about my sanity level. "When is this train ride going to be ove
...more
i am about to tell you the least surprising thing ever:
i was one of those kids who ate lunch in the english teacher's classroom in middle school.
her name was Ms. Costello, she was like probably 25 years old and had a specific intense celebrity crush i can't remember, and she once told us all in passing that you should put lotion on while your skin is wet and i ascribed to her philosophies so intently that i now cannot physically tolerate the sensation of lotion on dry skin.
she is important to me ...more
i was one of those kids who ate lunch in the english teacher's classroom in middle school.
her name was Ms. Costello, she was like probably 25 years old and had a specific intense celebrity crush i can't remember, and she once told us all in passing that you should put lotion on while your skin is wet and i ascribed to her philosophies so intently that i now cannot physically tolerate the sensation of lotion on dry skin.
she is important to me ...more
1.5 stars
Usually I can power through a crappy book and make it to the end but man oh man I just couldn't do it with this damn book.
I feel like this entire book was just an intro for the rest of the series. A super. Long. Dragged out. Intro. The conflict was introduced but nothing ever really happened with it. All of the sudden she's in love, like what?
Just not a fan.
1.5 stars only bc I like the writing style, the content was lacking ...more
Usually I can power through a crappy book and make it to the end but man oh man I just couldn't do it with this damn book.
I feel like this entire book was just an intro for the rest of the series. A super. Long. Dragged out. Intro. The conflict was introduced but nothing ever really happened with it. All of the sudden she's in love, like what?
Just not a fan.
1.5 stars only bc I like the writing style, the content was lacking ...more
2 Stars
(P: Poor, or D as in Dull)
Actually something in real life made me read this. (some of the things happening in our society is terrifyingly similar to this, I’m afraid!)
What if we didn’t have a choice over our lives?
The world building, the society, was simple & disciplined, too strict, too nosy, recording everything & knows what you will choose for the special occasions. (this actually reminded me of “Winter Soldier” Marvel movie.) I cannot believe how no one protested yet, I could’ve throw ...more
(P: Poor, or D as in Dull)
Actually something in real life made me read this. (some of the things happening in our society is terrifyingly similar to this, I’m afraid!)
What if we didn’t have a choice over our lives?
The world building, the society, was simple & disciplined, too strict, too nosy, recording everything & knows what you will choose for the special occasions. (this actually reminded me of “Winter Soldier” Marvel movie.) I cannot believe how no one protested yet, I could’ve throw ...more
Sep 09, 2013
Lady Gabriella of Awesomeness (SLOW)
rated it
it was amazing
Recommended to Lady Gabriella of Awesomeness (SLOW) by:
to all hunger games lovers !
5.5 scorching soul-matched stars....
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
"I push myself hard.The words of Thomas poems so wild and beautiful that i keep reapeating them silently as i run..Do not go gentle,do not go gentle,do not go gentle,until realization hits me :There's a reason thy didn't keep this poem.
This poem tells you to fight."
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words h ...more
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
"I push myself hard.The words of Thomas poems so wild and beautiful that i keep reapeating them silently as i run..Do not go gentle,do not go gentle,do not go gentle,until realization hits me :There's a reason thy didn't keep this poem.
This poem tells you to fight."
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words h ...more
WHAT MADE ME READ THE BOOK?
It's a trailer I watched on Youtube, and I was intrigued about it.
Matched Trailer
At first, I thought it was just another best friend-loves-best friend-loves-new guy thing. I was right, but not what I expected. It got better and better as I read more.
(Note: If you think like a writer, you'll know something that might happen.)
The plot reminded me a little of Hunger Games (perfect/imperfect Society, rebellion) but it's still great.
In the middle of the book, I just then no ...more
It's a trailer I watched on Youtube, and I was intrigued about it.
Matched Trailer
At first, I thought it was just another best friend-loves-best friend-loves-new guy thing. I was right, but not what I expected. It got better and better as I read more.
(Note: If you think like a writer, you'll know something that might happen.)
The plot reminded me a little of Hunger Games (perfect/imperfect Society, rebellion) but it's still great.
In the middle of the book, I just then no ...more
Sometimes I decide that a book isn’t for me based on some silly, almost non-existent reason, and then I stubbornly stick with my decision until something forces me to reconsider. In this case, I avoided Matched like the plague because the entire plot seemed to be based on a love triangle, but I was forced to change my mind when I came into possession of the audiobook. With hours of driving ahead of me, I had no choice but to give it a chance. And I loved it.
Matched is extremely character-centric ...more
Matched is extremely character-centric ...more
[This in no way is to offend the author, it's just a personal opinion and if I offended anybody please let me know!🍩]
I- I didn't even finish it. Um...
But I didn't like the 90 pages I read, so I'll be a judgmental witch and give it one star.
And add a lot of tags. Because that's what a good, trusting, and loving individual does.
When you find that person, hit me up if you will.
Okay, so, I've given it a lot of thought and have decided NOT to reread this. Why? Because I poured all the acid I neede ...more
I- I didn't even finish it. Um...
But I didn't like the 90 pages I read, so I'll be a judgmental witch and give it one star.
And add a lot of tags. Because that's what a good, trusting, and loving individual does.
When you find that person, hit me up if you will.
Okay, so, I've given it a lot of thought and have decided NOT to reread this. Why? Because I poured all the acid I neede ...more
When I heard Condie's trilogy was being pushed as the next big thing, I instantly expected this to be cheap, tantalizing but empty, and poorly written. Is my faith in the publishing industry that low? Sadly, sometimes yes. Then I met Ally. She's adorable, down-to-earth, and not at all tainted by the buzz. Ever since, I've been anxiously trying to get my hands on an ARC of Matched. I really wanted it to be as good as her publisher thinks it is.
I sat down Friday afternoon with my friend's ARC (and ...more
I sat down Friday afternoon with my friend's ARC (and ...more
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One of my current reading projects is going through books I really enjoyed when I was young and revisiting them to see how well they hold up as an adult. Part of that is a low-key flex ("look what amazing taste I had!") and part of that is morbid curiosity. What we like as kids doesn't always hold up to adulthood. I think any of us who have sampled Dunkaroos or Capri Sun in a moment of weakness know that. What once tasted like the nectar ...more
I actually quite enjoyed this book.
Not because it was a great book per say, but more because it was a very fast and easy read. I did reach page 167 in just a couple of hours.
But even tho I enjoyed it, I don't know if I'm intrested enough to keep going with this series.
I've heard that the second book is not worth reading since nothing really happens in it, so I did plan to skip it and just read some spoilery review for it but I also don't know feel like picking up the last book in the series.
I ju ...more
Not because it was a great book per say, but more because it was a very fast and easy read. I did reach page 167 in just a couple of hours.
But even tho I enjoyed it, I don't know if I'm intrested enough to keep going with this series.
I've heard that the second book is not worth reading since nothing really happens in it, so I did plan to skip it and just read some spoilery review for it but I also don't know feel like picking up the last book in the series.
I ju ...more
So I didn't expect them to at all, but a little part of me was really hoping Scholastic would come to BEA with a stack of galleys for "Mockingjay" the way they did with "Catching Fire." Of course they didn't, they wouldn't want to ruin the end of the trilogy before it's released. But a girl can dream.
So, anyway, there was a big gap in my galley pile that could only be filled by some quality YA distopian fiction. When I went to the YA Editors' Buzz panel and heard about "Matched" I thought "Yes! ...more
So, anyway, there was a big gap in my galley pile that could only be filled by some quality YA distopian fiction. When I went to the YA Editors' Buzz panel and heard about "Matched" I thought "Yes! ...more
Bitch, puhlEAz! This book is just a crappier, romance-oriented, version of the Giver, and I didn’t even like that one! It has the whole, "We are a perfect Utopian society, with order, and control. Yeah, we don’t tell you much about who we are and what we do, like ever, but none of y’all have turned into Tin-foil Hats, so just continue on with life, and do as we say. Cheerio!”
At 16 (I think it's 16, I’m too lazy to go check), there is this Matching ceremony, where teenagers are paired by the gov ...more
At 16 (I think it's 16, I’m too lazy to go check), there is this Matching ceremony, where teenagers are paired by the gov ...more
Dec 20, 2010
Georgie
rated it
did not like it
Recommends it for:
No one
Recommended to Georgie by:
waterstones young readers thing
Really disliked it. I found it espcially hard to believe in her love for (insert forgotten name) as she barely knew him and all that napkin stuff was really cringy. Didn't feel for the guy at all, since all he seemed to want was for somebody to feel sorry for him. I would have prefered it if she'd fallen in love with her best friend but been given a different match. The fact that the matches were so sucessful most of the time was the biggest let down for me.
I also disliked how 'deep' we were su ...more
I also disliked how 'deep' we were su ...more
“Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.”
I didn't have high expectation coming into this book. This turned out to be a good thing, because I can only imagine how angry I'd be if I thought this book was going to be good...it wasn't. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this book was terrible, but it just had nothing appealing at all. If you have read The Giver by Lois Lowry, then you would know that it had a very distinct and inspirational, ...more
I liked this well enough, but feel that it's a little slight in plot and structure; I also wasn't enthralled by any of the main characters. Overall, it's a quick, entertaining read, but not a particularly deep or memorable one. This is one of those rare occasions when the film might actually be better than the book.
...more
...more
Ten year old me is currently hurt because I re-read a childhood book and it turns out
it... wasn’t good
*Crickets chirp as I re-read Twilight*
So we’ve basically got Cassia who lives in this SoCietY (Joker memes rise up) where they’ve got one hundred of everything (books, poems, films etc.) because the old world was full of clutter or something. (I mean, one hundred is still a supremely small number though, like even a thousand probably makes more sense).
Anyway, everything is chosen for you - ...more
it... wasn’t good
*Crickets chirp as I re-read Twilight*
So we’ve basically got Cassia who lives in this SoCietY (Joker memes rise up) where they’ve got one hundred of everything (books, poems, films etc.) because the old world was full of clutter or something. (I mean, one hundred is still a supremely small number though, like even a thousand probably makes more sense).
Anyway, everything is chosen for you - ...more
Once upon a time,
There was a girl who wandered through the stacks until she saw the word "Matched" printed on a cover in lime,
With a squeal she snatched it down,
Admiring the model's gown,
In delight she read the back,
And Hallelujah - nothing did the description lack,
Love, rebellion and more,
Surely reading this wouldn't be a chore,
So she started out on page one,
And immediately she wanted to shoot it with a gun,
But bravely she read on,
All the while thinking "what a con",
The MC had a contrived love ...more
Yes, I am aware I have read this way too many times
4 stars
This is a beautiful work of art.
Here's why I liked this book: Cassia made her own choices. She did what she thought was right. Let's look at Katniss. Katniss was the mockingjay because people told her that's what she needed to be. Cassia took a step back and saw the flaws in her own system. Nobody had to tell her. True, her grandfather helped her, but look at her father. Cassia's father loved the Society. He thought it was perfect and C ...more
4 stars
This is a beautiful work of art.
Here's why I liked this book: Cassia made her own choices. She did what she thought was right. Let's look at Katniss. Katniss was the mockingjay because people told her that's what she needed to be. Cassia took a step back and saw the flaws in her own system. Nobody had to tell her. True, her grandfather helped her, but look at her father. Cassia's father loved the Society. He thought it was perfect and C ...more
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