Matched Series By Ally Condie - Reading from 'Matched' from August 29th 2019

[Melanie]

Yay, Mona! I'm about halfway done now - I think I'll get it done in time before it gets returned! :D Looking forward to discussing!

[Melanie]

73%

(view spoiler)[Oh, wow! Never imagined any of this stuff about the blue tablets! They are a trigger for the plague/virus! Very interesting... (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

77%

(view spoiler)[Really nervous for Ky! (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Finished

(view spoiler)[Happy that she ended up with Ky! This hasn't been a favorite series, but I'm glad I finished it. (hide spoiler)]

[Mona]

chapter 4
(view spoiler)[ this so horrible. Ky was right to think that the Rising aren't the good ones. spreading a disease is the way they will going to fight the society with. and I think that colorful tablets are the disease. (hide spoiler)]

[❤ Aly ❤]

Ugh. Sorry ladies. I didn't realize that you messaged me on here. My bad. Will start soon :)

[Mona]

Finiched chapter 18
(view spoiler)[
I think I'm a little bit disappointed the story is so messy. I hoped she will answer questions from the first two parts like the 2 red tablets incident between Xander and Ky. Or how Ky got his name in the matching system. But instead we got all this nonsense about the plague and Cassia creating the Gallery. I don't like this even the writing style changed. I'm nearly halfway through the book I hope it gets better.
The thing that intersted me that I think that Indie seems to be in love with Ky. And I loved what Cassia worte for Xander asking him to move on. Even though he haven't read the rest of the litter but she was so honest and brave to let him go. (hide spoiler)]

[Mona]

Melanie wrote: "25% done

[spoilers removed]"

Yes I loved that too. I like Cassia in this book so much.

[Mona]

Melanie wrote: "28% done

[spoilers removed]"

Ky is amazing. I don't know why sometimes he thinks bad of himself. From my POV I think he always doing the right things

[Melanie]

Ky is a great character -- probably my favorite in the series, I think.

[Mona]

Finished
(view spoiler)[
I loved the end so much. I'm team Ky-Cassia but I love Xander too so I was so happy for that he fall in love again. The election thing was the best way for the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting April 15th 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Eesh]

Starting now!

[Eesh]

Starting chapter 7
(view spoiler)[ So many things seem like a good idea so I can believe that the Society was created for betterment. But it's too restricting. I still can't get over the 100 stories and 100 songs part. That's insane! (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Starting chapter 11
(view spoiler)[My God! The tightness of the leash the Society has around everyone's necks! It might as well be a noose since they decide when you die, anyway. (hide spoiler)]

[Irene]

Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[I don't like Xander that much, but I don't want her to be with Ky either. (hide spoiler)]

[Irene]

Chapter 14 (view spoiler)[What does Xander mean that you can trust Ky??? (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Irene wrote: "Chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

Why don't you want her to be with Ky? And why don't you like Xander?

[Irene]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[What game is Ky playing? What is going on between him and Xander? (hide spoiler)]

I don't know about Xander, I just don't click with him, and about Ky, well, (view spoiler)[I didn't want her to hurt Xander and for this to turn into a love triangle, but it hasn't (yet?) so it's fine (hide spoiler)]

[Irene]

Done. (view spoiler)[I ended up liking Xander of course. Interesting that the pills didn't work on him! I think I'll continue this series. It took a while for me to get engaged in the book, but I liked it towards the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Finished chapter 26
(view spoiler)[Something big is about to happen. They've been building up to it for a while and I only hope that I'm not underwhelmed.
(hide spoiler)]

And yeah, I didn't want any love triangle either. But I had a feeling this wasn't going to turn into that. And it hasn't.

[Eesh]

Irene wrote: "Done. [spoilers removed]"

I liked the end too. It was quite slow burning but it was good.

[Irene]

Quirks wrote: "Irene wrote: "Done. [spoilers removed]"

I liked the end too. It was quite slow burning but it was good."

Yeah. I didn't think I'd continue this series at first, but then it got really good towards the end :)

[Katrina G]

I'm gonna join in on this one :)

[Katrina G]

Chapter 2
(view spoiler)[ So far Cassia and Xander seem like they would be cute and good together. I'm trying not to like him too much when I know there's another love interest coming soon (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Quirks wrote: "Starting chapter 7
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I agree with you. So far, it doesn't seem like it's too horrible of a society to me, aside from a few harsh restrictions (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Chapter 14
(view spoiler)[ I'm really enjoying this so far, but it's slowly beginning to drag for me. I'm hoping things start to pick up soon because I really want this to be a good book (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Chapter 19
(view spoiler)[ I know I said I liked Xander before, but I actually really like Ky too. I like them both, and that really worries me lol (hide spoiler)]

[Katrina G]

Chapter 21
(view spoiler)[ I think I just fell in love with Ky. Sorry Xander (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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Reading from the 15th of July 2016

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[Karen]

Have loaned a copy of this from the library. Will try to join in.

[Karen]

Ch1-3:arranged marriages, but something seems to have gone wrong with Cassia's match.

[Karen]

Ch4-8. Cassia's recollections are bound to be important. Not sure how I feel about the potential love triangle-she obviously isn't going to get on with things quietly.

[Karen]

Ch9-21. The slow realisation Cassia has makes this world seem much crueller. Ky and Xander each have their good qualities, but it's not clear where this is going.

[Karen]

Finished. Set up nicely for the next part, but it was all rather obvious. Not one of my favourite reads.

[Dannii]

First 1/4 of Matched: (view spoiler)[This seems like a unique idea and an interesting society has been created. The focus on art, music and writing is also an intriguing one. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Second 1/4 of Matched: (view spoiler)[I really liked the concept of the Matched ceremony but my interest in waning now a love triangle has been created. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Third 1/4 of Matched: (view spoiler)[Whilst this is an interesting concept, it is lacking a bit of action and tension for me. The beautiful writing is more than making up for it, however. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Fourth 1/4 of Matched: (view spoiler)[The ending was a little bland and I felt I could second-guess much of the plot before it occurred. I hope 'Crossed' is more focused on action! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dannii]

First 1/4 of Crossed: (view spoiler)[I am already preferring this to 'Matched' as the pacing is far faster and the plot is more action focused. It is exactly what I wanted from this book. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Second 1/4 of Crossed: (view spoiler)[My enjoyment for this has well and truly waned! The action I loved initially is now proving to be repetitive and nothing is actually happening. There is a lot of running and movement and not much actual plot progression. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Third 1/4 of Crossed: (view spoiler)[I am so over this book! I had heard that this was a pointless middle book and I am definitely agreeing with it. There is literally no tension in the plot and the characters are constantly in distressing situations with no consequence and no thrills created from them. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Fourth 1/4 of Crossed: (view spoiler)[This definitely has 'middle book syndrome'. LITERALLY NOTHING HAPPENS!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Dannii]

First 1/4 of Reached: (view spoiler)[This is already an improvement on Crossed and I am hoping that all the details that seemed surplus in the last book find their place here. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Second 1/4 of Reached: (view spoiler)[There are so many coincidences and unrealistic scenes. Surely the society would be a bit more fight in them... (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Third 1/4 of Reached: (view spoiler)[The entire letter thing is bothering me so much!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Fourth 1/4 of Reached: (view spoiler)[I can totally see why this is most people's favourite book in the series but I can't say I was really enamored with any of them. I found the ending so predictable and anti-climatic. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...