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This book was made up of every single YA dystopian pet peeve I have. If I wasn't reading this for my bookclub I never would have made it through it.
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The idea of a perfect society might at first seem like a good idea.Crime is almost nonexistant, you marry someone who is perfect for you, diseases like cancer have been erraticated, you live your life and die with dignity. The utopian society that is first presented in this; the first book in a trilogy; makes me think Be careful what you wish for. This seems to be a common theme in YA (think something similar to The Giver by Lois Lowry.)Without giving anything away one or more characters will de
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I listened to this book almost entirely on audiobook, which is kind of nice, because the computer dialogue and announcements were specially recorded to sound like that. Nice touch.
Cassia's story is a standard dystopian character's: she took her entire life at face value until an outsider came into the community and made her question it. Initially happy to be matched with her best friend, she starts thinking about the outsider and whether her feelings for him are real or manipulated, like the r ...more
Cassia's story is a standard dystopian character's: she took her entire life at face value until an outsider came into the community and made her question it. Initially happy to be matched with her best friend, she starts thinking about the outsider and whether her feelings for him are real or manipulated, like the r ...more
This book was pretty interesting. kind of like The Giver meets 1984 meets Phantom of the Opera meets those blonde joggers from Star Trek meets Leave it to Beaver. Well, maybe just the love triangle part of Phantom. It's a society where everything is optimized, but there is a darker side as well, as art and music have been pared down to just the 100 "Best" of each, with all the others (especially any that relate to rebellion or free thinking) having been destroyed. Definitely enjoyable. Definitel
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This book sure has a pretty cover, doesn't it? And who can resist those dystopian teen novels?? Apparently not me. However, don't get too excited -- this wasn't *nearly* as compelling as The Hunger Games. Not to mention it seemed a bit unoriginal: all its societal similarities to the Giver (a book very much worth reading, by the way), plus the obligatory love triangle (though since there's a love triangle in every book like this these days, so can I really hold that against Matched??) Still, thi
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This is another novel about an alternate society in the future. This one is much like the Giver, but it is pretty forgettable. There wasn't much conviction in the writing--just kind of blah.
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When will people learn that homogenization of a society never works?!
Isabelle is loving this series.
This was a creative book, but the characters didn't pull me in as much as other books like this-such as Uglies by Scott Westerfield and Hunger Games. I will keep reading the series to find out what happens though.
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Loved loved loved this book!!!! Can't wait for book 2!
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I loved this book. Can't wait to read Crossed.
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