Matched by Ally Condie Start Date August 15th

[CourtLovesBooks]

Join Rachel and I as we read Matched.

Schedule
August 15th Chapters 1-5
August 16th Chapters 6-10
August 17th Chapters 11-16
August 18th Chapters 17-22
August 19th Chapters 23-27
August 20th Chapters 28-32

[CourtLovesBooks]

Do we want to read a certain amount of pages or chapters?

[Rachel]

We can do :) how many chapters suits you?

[CourtLovesBooks]

Let me take a look and I'll get back to you.

[Rachel]

No problem :)

[CourtLovesBooks]

I'm thinking 5 or 6. There are 32 total.

[Rachel]

That sounds good to me :)

[CourtLovesBooks]

Okay cool. See you on the 15th.

[CourtLovesBooks]

Rachel I posted a schedule let me know if you want me to change it at all.

[Rachel]

No it looks fine to me :)

[CourtLovesBooks]

Have you started yet?

[Rachel]

Hey sorry for not getting back to you, my phone didn't give me a notification :( yeah I've started it, although I'm a little behind, I'm only up to chapter 11, hoping to catch up today!

[CourtLovesBooks]

Its okay I'm behind too, I'm only at chapter 9 :( but hopefully I can make a dent today too! How are you liking it so far? I'm finding it interesting.

[Rachel]

I'm enjoying it, I think it's a slow read compared to other books I've read recently, but it's still good :) this society they live in seems an odd place!

[CourtLovesBooks]

It is kinda of slow, I'm still waiting for something big to happen. I do like it so far, even with the pace. It is a very odd place. I would not want to live there. There's no way I'm finishing this today, I'm so behind, I just got to ch 15.

[CourtLovesBooks]

I may in fact finish this today. I'm up to chapter 27 and I'm basically binge reading this. I still don't know what to really think of this story, it's not what I usually read.

[CourtLovesBooks]

So I finished this last night and I so do not know how I feel about this one.
Final thoughts (view spoiler)[ So on one hand I did enjoy this book but on the other I thought it was slow and anticlimactic. I feel like the "exciting" events in this book were not all they could have been. Basically I would get excited and than it would be over, like *snaps fingers* that. Mostly I feel this book had potential but it was a let down. Don't get me wrong I really liked the characters but I thought the plot was a little lacking. I loved Ky and Cassia, they had some really heart warming moments. (hide spoiler)] What did you think of Xander? Are you team Ky or Xander? I really enjoyed Ky as a character but I'm indifferent toward Xander.

[Rachel]

I finished this morning and I agree with you about not knowing how to feel about it. It was quite slow and there wasn't any sort of huge thing to wow you, I spent most of the book waiting for something more to happen. (view spoiler)[ the ending, so Ky is going off to war and the others don't remember, just Xander and Cassia, I think its so strange how nobody in the society questions the decisions of the officials they just let things happen. And when the do question something they are quite happy to take the red pill when ordered :/ (hide spoiler)]

I did like Cassia, although it took me a little while to warm up to her. I think i'm team Ky,he seemed to have a bit more to him in personality than Xander did. I did like how Xander helped Cassia though, to hide Ky's artefact.

(view spoiler)[ I thought it was interesting how some people are immune to the red tablets though (hide spoiler)]

[CourtLovesBooks]

I've decided I'm probably not going to read the rest, I don't think there worth my time because I haven't heard very good things about books 2 & 3.