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Welcome to another dystopia! In this novel, your life is completely programmed by Society Officials, who have determined every aspect of your life, taking away the "burden" of choice. Cassia has just reached the age where her mate will be chosen. She is elated to learn that her best friend has been chosen for her. But for just a moment, another face appears on the screen. She is told that is just a computer glitch, but her "mistake" turns out to be a new classmate whom she finds strangely compel
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Cassia lives in the Society, a future world where crime is nonexistent and everything's perfect--because no one has any free choice or creativity. There are only the Hundred Poems--no one even knows how to write by hand any more! Everyone carries 3 special pills for emergencies; no one knows what the Red Pill does, but if ordered to take it, everyone in this docile society will immediately do so. Everything is decided for citizens by Officials, from what they wear to what they eat (delivered in
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I had pretty high expectations going into Matched, because the premise sounded too intriguing not to be awesome. When it comes to YA dystopian novels, the bar has been set quite high for Condie, considering how successful The Hunger Games trilogy has been, not to mention the fact that Lauren Oliver’s sophomore novel, Delirium, is so highly anticipated. I certainly had a few problems with Matched, but overall it’s a book that has stayed with me and already has me anticipating the sequel.
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Who do you picture when you visualize your future husband or wife? Seventeen year old Cassia doesn’t have to use her imagination. Like most teens in her society, she and her future husband will be revealed to each other at their Match Banquet. In most cases the matched couples come from different cities or provinces and are strangers to one another, and the face of the match appears on a large screen for all to see. But in Cassia’s case, something strange happens – no face appears on the screen
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An intriguing and disturbing idea. What would our lives be like if the government made every decision for us? What we ate, where we worked, when we died and who we spent our life with. For Cassia, the Society rules her life and on the night of her Match Banquet, she's thrilled to see that she is contracted to her best friend Xander. That night though another boy's face is shown to her and soon everything she believed in is questioned.
I was so intrigued by the Society and how "scientific" their d ...more
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Picked up the ARC at BEA, and read it in one sitting this past weekend. This book is kind of like The Giver, mixed with Hunger Games, but lighter and with much less action. I love a good dystopian romance, and this book fit the bill perfectly. Great characters, great setting - this one is going to be big.
Having read a lot of dystopic novels over the past few months, I was hoping this one would really take me to a horrible yet fascinating world. Unfortunately it read like another one of those triangle teen romances. Interesting premise though.
Authoritarian society seems perfect but has hidden controls and nasty secrets that must be taken down over the course of the series, i.e. all the expected elements of a YA futuristic novel. Enjoyable but not surprising.
3.75 Reminded me of "The Giver."
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Definitely a beach read but a pretty good beach read. I'll look forward to the sequel.
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Really did not like this. Repetitive, boy focused, and NOTHING HAPPENS for the first 3/4ths of the book. Will not be reading the rest of the series.
If you live in Cassia's world, the following will be chosen without your input:
- your vocation
- what music you listen to (only 100 songs exist)
- your clothing
- what and how much you will eat for meals each day
- the date of your death
But what about choosing who to love? Does Cassia at least have a say in that?
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- your vocation
- what music you listen to (only 100 songs exist)
- your clothing
- what and how much you will eat for meals each day
- the date of your death
But what about choosing who to love? Does Cassia at least have a say in that?
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I liked this one - there were times at the beginning where I was completely hooked and didn't want to put it down. I also sometimes had to reread some of the paragraphs, because they were well put-together and interesting. My only beef is that it felt so similar to so many other distopian books I've read.
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