Matched (Matched #1)

by Ally Condie

Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

His voice has music.

Long ago there were genetic mutations, like albinos, but those don’t exist anymore.

Oh! That's not-

I know who I’m waiting for. Just when I think I won’t see him, Ky pauses in front of my house.

not the other woman

Two lives. Ever since the day of the mistake with my Match, I’ve never known which life is my true one.

i know ive been spoiled by the hunger games bc, yes this is a ya l, but why does the author explain each allegory EVERY time? like i promise the reader can decipher it themselves. this is specifically about the rage rage against the dying light.

“Any other questions?”

Sassy man

I want to know what he thinks, how he sees himself—the real Ky—when he dares to look.

our poem,

and it would have been beautiful. It would have been beautiful.

Lots of repetition even when not really necessary