Crossed (Matched, #2) in Proud Of It!

Jun 26, 2013 Jennifer Harris rated it liked it · review of another edition

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***3 stars***

Brethren, I have gathered you here today to bear witness to the newest anomaly in YA books...

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THE UNDEAD LOVE TRIANGLE

Yes, unfortunately, even after trekking through miles and miles of barren desert valley in book two of the Matched trilogy to find her (supposedly) beloved "other half" Ky, our bewildered and oftentimes infuriating protagonist, Cassia Reyes, has still managed to cling on to the doubt of whether or not her and Ky are really meant for each other.

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Mar 21, 2013 Aulia Lodge rated it liked it

After a long time of being separated from her true love, Cassia finally journeys to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky. When Cassia arrives at the camp where she assumes Ky is staying at, she soon finds out that Ky has left the camp, leaving only one choice for Cassia which is to find him. She journeys with her roommate Indie and they soon become close friends. During Cassia's journey and after she finally finds Ky, she experiences many things such as betrayal, the Rising, and many secrets and

After a long time of being separated from her true love, Cassia finally journeys to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky. When Cassia arrives at the camp where she assumes Ky is staying at, she soon finds out that Ky has left the camp, leaving only one choice for Cassia which is to find him. She journeys with her roommate Indie and they soon become close friends. During Cassia's journey and after she finally finds Ky, she experiences many things such as betrayal, the Rising, and many secrets and memories. She learns more about the Rising, and soon sides with the mysterious rebellion against the corrupt society.

Can I first just say that I'm still a little unfamiliar to these new characters in the novel like for example Eli, Indie, Hunter and Vick? Like, although they played some certainly important roles in the book, it just seemed like the book was all about Ky and Cassia, which of course it was. I'm not such a fan of Ky and Cassia, and I much prefer her with Xander, but during this novel, I was able to learn a lot more about Ky and honestly, he really did won me in this novel and I think I can get used to him. While I was reading, I noticed a lot of determination in Cassia and more of it than in Matched. I think I honestly prefer this novel than to Matched, because Cassia totally shows us her true self and how brave and bold she really is. I also liked how Ally wrote 2 points of views for this novel from Cassia and Ky, so we wouldn't just have pictured Ky as an awkward weird dude who is just liked by Cassia. He really did display himself as a character in this novel.

So I guess I'd give this novel a 6 out of 10 stars. Although there was a whole lot of poetry, and you should know that the only poetry that I actually can tolerate are the rhyming ones, I still thought the novel was really sentimental and I really felt the separation and loneliness that the 2 characters experienced when they weren't together. For me though, it lacked a whole lot of action. I know that just because it's dystopian, doesn't mean that it's full of fighting and stuff like that, but I really expected some audacious action to really thrill me like Divergent did. It was really plain when it came to thrills and it was just filled with sloppy romance that soon became really aggravating to me, I mean, get a room!

Obviously the themes in my opinion are courage, determination...Blah Blah Blah. I really wished that Ally was a little more creative instead of so straight forward when writing this novel. I mean, there are only 3 books in the whole series, so might as well make all the books ones to remember. even the Twilight books had more thrill and excitement. Thinking about the novel, I learned a whole lot more about the main characters though. Of course I was real bummed to know there weren't a lot of Xander parts, but a lot of the memories that Ky and Cassia narrated really interested me a whole lot. The poetry was sweet and sometimes they were real boring and didn't make sense (but most poetry doesn't make sense anyways). More poetry started to hit the pages and then I just became plain uninterested in even reading them. There was also this thing called 'the Rising' which to me was just super overrated. They were just constantly talking about it 'The Rising this' and 'The Rising that' and 'I want to join the Rising' and 'I don't want to join the Rising' and ergghh! And as soon as they finally entered the Rising (JEEZ! THANK YOU!), bad things happen. They send Cassia back to the freaking society to work and they send Indie and Ky to work at some sort of air ship together...I mean, seriously!? CASSIA + KY NOT CASSIA - KY...NOOO!!! D:
I knew the Rising was bad news! LOL. Although they seriously need to make a novel about the Rising, I'd surely read it.

My favorite character was honestly Ky. Yeah, he lacked emotion and had his plain jane going on, but he was really considerate and thoughtful (despite leaving his partners in the battlefield to die), and he really did show his love for Cassia and it wasn't just a one person love stand..lol. While reading this novel, I can only say that I imagined the setting and scene to be caves and forests like that. They did spend most of the time camping in forests and caves and in an old house. I know that this is the worst I can come up with, but for now let's just say that the beautiful settings that the characters of Crossed had was beautiful caves and forests...(: ...more

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Aug 15, 2013 Sara Shaw rated it it was ok

Shelves: augest-reading-list-2013, blue

confusing and boring. I'm sorry, I rarely do this, but I stopped reading this :(
I almost read the whole book, falling asleep between every chapter. This must be a novel not POETRY! this book is SO boring. Condie can write, but can't distribute her passages, she can't create action, loveable characters or a beautiful romance. I didn't understand what was going on for 98% of the book!!! Because the writer wont stop desceibing a bug 1000 lines. Ughhh okay they are against society so they care about ...more

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