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ACondieHottie: I can't seem to create any tension in my book! ACondieHottie: Do u create tension by setting the story in the future? Because The Giver is set in the future, and it is really tense! ACondieHottie: What if I capitalized random words? Does that create tension or uncertainty? Maybe that's what they'll do in the Future. Ally Condie! ACondieHottie: I'm almost finished with my book, but I keep writing myself into corners. ACondieHottie: In fact, my book just seems to trundle along happily, nothing much really happening. ACondieHottie: It's actually kind of boring. I've fallen asleep a couple times while writing it! ACondieHottie: The more I try to make things happen, the less action there is.
Maybe I should just have my characters kiss each other. Or long to kiss each other, even though it is not Allowed. ACondieHottie: I really want my book to be just like yours! Really good and profound! ACondieHottie: Don't get me wrong. My book is about horny teens, truth, and justice in a repressed society and yours is just about truth and justice in a repressed society. So it's different. But the same! ACondieHottie: Because ur a genius and I like ur ideas. Ur online!!! I mailed one 2 u last week! ACondieHottie: What do u think? ACondieHottie has logged off. View all 84 comments. Oct 07, Tatiana rated it it was ok Recommends it for: fans of tepid teen romance driven novels. Recommended to Tatiana by: Annalisa. Shelves: why-the-hype , dystopias-post-apocalyptic , romancelandia , , ya.
As seen on The Readventurer First thing first. I think Ally Condie owes at least half of her seven-figure paycheck to Lois Lowry. The entire dystopian world is lifted directly from Lowry's The Giver. Almost everything interesting in Matched is very familiar - the idea of highly controlled Society the Community in The Giver , the prearranged Matches, uniform clothing, the pills suppressing emotions, predetermination of everyone's life course, euthanized elderly, regulated personal possessions, th As seen on The Readventurer First thing first. Almost everything interesting in Matched is very familiar - the idea of highly controlled Society the Community in The Giver , the prearranged Matches, uniform clothing, the pills suppressing emotions, predetermination of everyone's life course, euthanized elderly, regulated personal possessions, the precision of the language, the family structure.
The list goes on and on I am not the biggest fan of The Giver our there, but that novel had a horrifying, structured, world hiding behind its simplistic language. What hides behind the words of Matched is sheer emptiness. And boredom and unoriginality. If all "borrowed" dystopian ideas are stripped away, what is left is a tepid, G-rated teen romance affair with an obligatory love triangle and magical love connections. Even the male love interests are the same old tired cliches - a sweet and loyal best friend type and a mysterious, hurt, emo type quoting poetry.
Ally Condie 's writing is serviceable enough. So are the characters. No male character requires a restraining order against him, no female - a head check for putting up with abusive crap. But is this and a pretty cover really a recipe for success these days? There is nothing in this novel to get excited over. There is no urgency to Condie's writing, no passion. Just dull characters, dull relationships, dull conflicts, dull conversations I can't whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone, it simply doesn't offer anything new or noteworthy.
But some fans of lukewarm-romance-driven stories like Birthmarked or Beautiful Creatures might enjoy it I suppose. Do I really need to say I am not coming back for more? Apparently, Disney picked it up for development! Jun 03, jessica rated it really liked it. View all 30 comments. View all 59 comments. Feb 18, Kristi rated it it was ok. Matched drew me in with it's unique summary and beautiful cover, unfortunately that is where my fascination ended. I wanted to like this book I had a very hard time getting though this novel.
I even had to take a break from it completely, and I only kept reading because of the encouragement from others that had read it, insisting that it would get better. It didn't get a whole lot better for me. I guess my biggest problem was that I was bored for mos Matched drew me in with it's unique summary and beautiful cover, unfortunately that is where my fascination ended. I guess my biggest problem was that I was bored for most of the novel.
I was bored with the story, the characters Cassia was selfish, and dull. I tried to like her, but she never really gave me much reason to. Her relationships with Xander and Ky were impassive, I understand that Xander was 'chosen' for her, so there were going to be fireworks every time they touched, but I still didn't even understand their appeal as friends, not just as a romantically involved couple. And the obsession with Ky And that's all that it felt like to me, an obsession. I didn't feel or see the energy between them. The Society wasn't explained very well. Why is The Society there? How did it come to be? Why the current precautions? Why are there people that live in The Society and others that don't?
There is a war going on? With who? I had more questions than anything. I didn't know enough about the characters and the life they were living to really care about them. It felt like a very long prologue to another story. The few chapters at the end of the story piqued my interest somewhat, but even then it was tainted with how I had felt through most of the entire novel. It was beautifully written Still undecided on reading the rest of the trilogy.
View all 44 comments. Dec 22, Emily May rated it it was ok Shelves: romance , young-adult , , dystopia-utopia. The story tells how Cassia is matched to a boy but falls for another and suddenly begins to question the rules of the society, heading as she does so straight into a world of secrets and danger. Great sounding plot, am I right? Too Soo Too bad it turned out to be rather mediocre in practice. Well, for me this book managed to redeem itself right near the very end and escape being the "it's ok" marker. One of the biggest problems was the hype about this book, I've been waiting to get my hands on this for ages, just dying to sink my teeth into it - after all, dystopian fiction is my one true literary love.
So, because of this, the disappointment fell even heavier. I love the idea but there were just so many things about the story that made me feel it never really took off and reached it's full potential. To make my point, I'm going to review the novel as two parts: first as a dystopian novel, and then as a love story. In my opinion, it's hard to feel a great sense of dystopia in Matched. Nothing majorly tragic or gripping happens until the last few chapters and by then you've lost touch with the story and the characters. It's slow-moving and, though I never thought I'd use this phrase in a review, it 'lacks drama'. If you compare it to 'The Handmaid's Tale' or 'Declaration' for example, there's none of that built up tension throughout. I read these books on the edge of my seat feeling every emotion with the protagonists and even beginning to panic at the peaks of the two novels.
Matched just never got my blood pressure up, there was no sense of urgency or despair. For a long time the society didn't really seem that bad at all. Where's the dystopia? The action? The despair? Maybe I'm just a twisted individual but the society wasn't 'bad' enough for me. And the love story. Because that's the other thing this novel is about. Well, the only time I felt any real connection or chemistry between Cassia and Ky was in the last few chapters, I could sense that the author was attempting to build it up slowly but I never latched on to it. In fact, for a good while all I did was feel sorry for poor Xander and wish she'd just except a life with him and let Ky get on with being mysterious and weird.
But, it did pull back and the novel ended with me wanting Cassia to go find him. There may be hope for this love story yet. The ending was the most commendable part of the novel. I'd started to think that there would be no point in me buying the second book in the series as the first one had done nothing for me. And then the ending left me interested, engrossed and eager to find out more.
It opened up a wider mystery that would have been so much better if the author had built it up by slowly alluding to it throughout the novel, then I wouldn't have been so shocked to find that the book wasn't so terrible overall. I will say, though, I loved her Grandad from Cassia's first conversation with him, I found him cute and lovable - far more intriguing than any other character. I might get the second book because of an unexpected need to find out where the author will take us next. I did enjoy parts of it, especially the ending, I'm just a strange individual who's more into dark dystopia, I have too high expectations of the genre. Also, with the girl in that stunning green dress, it will look way too pretty on your bookshelf. View all 32 comments. Shelves: 5-stars-or-more , thought-provoking , ya-books , political-intrigue , dystopia , favorites , reviewed , fiction , e-book , sci-fi.
Book Review Okay I promised I'll write an in depth review so here it is and I'll try to not put biggie spoilers. I was a bit shock about the mix reviews, some was positive and some was negative. So because of it I think I should read it so I have to know for myself if it's good or not. What are your expectations before reading it?
Honestly I didn't like The Giver I just gave it two stars and at first I thought that maybe I wouldn't like the book but at least I'd love to give utopia a second try. What do you love about the book? Writing Style - it was prose with a mix of poetry somewhat lyrical so if you adore Maggie Stiefvater's or Carrie Ryan's style of writing you probably would love Ally Condie's style as well. Cassia the heroine - actually the heroine was not annoying and she has a strong voice. To be more specific, her character at first was a weak one and as the story progresses, her way of thinking changes and it got deeper and deeper.
She actually got a good character development and she has a lot of epiphanies about her so-called perfect society and that's what I love about her. Everything around her seems perfect when you look at it superficially but when you try to analyze it deeper there society was perfect but they have no choices, no freedom at all, they're like society's puppets. The love story - at first the love story was idk just a love story, but it has actually implies idk what you call that uhhhm symbolism or whatever Rebellion Known vs.
Unknown Perfection vs. Imperfection Love that was dictated by Society vs. Love that was dictated by oneself d. So yeah : that was what I like about this book, I mean yeah whatever idk how to explains it but they actually have that "getting-to-know-each-other" thingy. And idk when I was reading this book I felt like I'm not reading it if you know what I mean , I felt like I was existing inside the book. Like I was Cassia and I felt all her emotions and I empathize with her problems and I can see her world right into my eyes.
So yeah I just felt that while I was reading this, I would definitely pick every choices that Cassia made. I know that in my hearts of heart I would fall in love with Ky even though it was forbidden, even though my Society says that Xander was the one I was suppose to marry. I mean there's just something about Ky that pulls you into him even if it was dangerous.
Ky was mysterious and his story was what urge me to know more about him just like Cassia. What do you hate about the book? It was unoriginal. I mean in this book there are hints that some people outside the province were actually rebelling and there's like a war blah blah blah. But in this book the rebellion was not yet elaborated so I think that will be for the next books to come. I love it but the ending , I felt that it wasn't an ending at all. Idk there are so many questions that are left hanging and I felt that to be able to really judge this book you need to read the whole series and how things will be played out in the end. So yeah I need the next book pretty fast! What are other books you want to recommend with the same genre? Okay so I just list them here, I'll divide dystopia and utopia and will sort of rank them out: Dystopia: 1.
I want more!!! Joyzi: Hey have you finished the Hunger Games? Friend: No I don't want to read it. Joyzi: Why? Friend: I kinda go to wikipedia and I found out it was a violent book, children killing children kinda. Joyzi: Yeah it was pretty violent. Don't you wanna read something that has gore on it? Friend: Sorry friend but violence is not my cuppa. View all 72 comments. Jun 29, Jessica rated it it was amazing Shelves: dystopian , youngadult. I loved that. You have to understand, I had a "thing" for utopian societies in high school. I've read them all. And what struck me about some of them was that it was supposed to be the perfect, future society, but everyone just seemed so sweaty.
But not so in the Society. Everything is carefully sanitized. Clothes are clean, or quickly changed when they are not. The world has been cleaned up: there are only one hundred poems left, one hundred paintings. The world has been streamlined, recycled, and recreated into this sterile perfection, and it fascinated me. I loved the fact that Cassia feels like things are spiraling out of control, and they are, for her.
But she continues to eat her specially prepared meals, continues to go to work and to the school, so the temptation to succumb, to go back to the dreamy calm of no choices and no worries is always there. The reader wonders until the last page: what will she do? Will the Society pull her back in, or will she rebel? Her dilemma is artfully done, and there is appeal in both of her choices. It was what kept me reading, along with the flawlessness of this serene Society which Ally Condie has created. So, this book has been heavily promoted. I should be so lucky as to have PR like this! And with that comes the fear that the book itself isn't very good, just the PR team. Well, have no fear, my people!
The book is worth the hype. This is for teens, and it works. Also, I myself am not a "romance" person, particularly when it comes to YA. I will admit there have been other books in which my eyes rolled so much I feared they would fall out. I loved the romance in this one, I thought it was very natural and very well done. Can't wait for the sequel! View all 23 comments. May 08, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: united-states , young-adult , science , literature , 21th-century , fiction , romance. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly-controlled society in which young people are "matched" with their life partners at the age of The main character is seventeen-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.
However, when viewing the information for her Match, the picture of another young man - Ky Markham, an acquaintance outcast at her sch Matched Matched, 1 , Ally Condie Matched, by Ally Condie, is the first novel in the Matched trilogy. However, when viewing the information for her Match, the picture of another young man - Ky Markham, an acquaintance outcast at her school - is flashed across the screen. As Cassia attempts to figure out the source of the mishap, she finds herself conflicted about whether her Match is appropriate for her - and whether the Society is all that it seems to be. This book is followed by Crossed and Reached. Jul 24, karen rated it liked it Shelves: why-yes-i-ya , dysto-teque. View all 13 comments. Nov 18, Flannery rated it it was ok Shelves: kcls , read-in , reviewed , young-adult-teen.
This book is like a long train ride. When I first got on I was like, "Oh man, look at this train! Look at all the people! This scenery is kind of repetitive. I'm getting kind of bored. Maybe I'll check out the dining car. The train will leave again, probably next year. And you know what? I'm not freaking taking it. I'll stick to other modes of transportation. Two stars means "it was ok" and that just about sums it up. View all 40 comments. Shelves: favourites , twists-i-did-not-see-coming , cover-lust , read-n-reviewed , not-so-secret-admirer-involved , young-love. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. The words of Thomas poems so wild and beautiful that i keep reapeating them silently as i run..
Do not go gentle,do not go gentle,do not go gentle,until realization hits me :There's a reason thy didn't keep this poem. This poem tells you to fight. My heart stops,and i cant beleive what i see. A face comes back into view. And its not Xander. I say. How blue is the color of water ,and brown the color of fall and harvest. And green is the color of spring. You could teach yourself" he says. I've seen your kind of writing beofre ,but i don't know what its called. I'ts one of the old ways of writing. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. This book defiantly surpassed all my expectations Thats probably the reason im giving this a 5. But again,Yes,there's no denying. And yes, this book will be going into the set of "My favourites" , what can i say?
View all 36 comments. Jul 07, emma rated it it was ok Shelves: eh , 2-and-a-half-stars , reviewed , dystopian , ya. Costello, she was like probably 25 years old and had a specific intense celebrity crush i can't remember, and she once told us all in passing that you should put lotion on while your skin is wet and i ascribed to her philosophies so intently that i now cannot physically tolerate the sensation of lotion on dry skin.
Costello, and we used to take books from her in-class library all the goddamn time. View all 12 comments. Shelves: trilogy , romance , dystopia.
