Sunday, 27 January 2013

Matched (Ally Condie)

The society decides everything where you work to where you live and everything in between. The society chooses these things perfectly, so there is nothing to complain about.

When Cassia's gets matched with her best friend, Xander, she is confident that she will fall madly in love with him. But when her matching screen flicks to another face, her whole world gets turned upside down.

The society told her Xander is who she will have kids with and marry, but when she gets to know the other face that flashed on her screen, she becomes doubtful of the society's decision.

Her desire to go against the Society could change everything, but it could also mean death.

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This book is what I thought inside the capital in The Hunger Games would be like. Everything is very perfect inside the walls of the provinces, but the outer provinces are very imperfect, just like the districts were.

Getting used to The Society took a while for me, because for the most part, this book is not about the capital, but more about a girl falling in love.

I thought this book was amazing, because it made me think. The Society is neither black or white, but a definite Gray. Personally, I think it was more good then bad, but I can see how people could think The Society is the antagonist of he story.

This is not, however, a book you plan your sleeping schedules for. It was not suspenseful at all and the ending was incredibly predictable.

Another thing that bugged me, was how its written like their is some big love triangle in it, cause their isn't. It just takes awhile for her to figure out who she loves, but to the reader, it's incredibly obvious.

But all in all, it was a very good book. It has romance, a weird society and a very different world we live in, at least, for now.

4.25 out of 5 stars