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3.32 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This series is considered slow paced and oh boy, did this final book really feel like it dragged. I liked it overall, but I feel like there’s so much that was left unsaid. I wanted to know more about certain things and I know that some of the things I wanted to know could’ve been easily added in. I don’t want to say what they are because they are spoilers unfortunately.
I loved seeing Xander’s POV, I honestly liked him a lot more now compared to the other two books. Cassia, I feel like kind of fell flat, but maybe that’s because I was so wrapped up in Xander’s point of view. Ky, I still have mixed feelings on, I wish he had more development in this book but due to certain things, he really didn’t get the opportunity.
I really feel like this series could’ve done with a fourth book to wrap it up more. I wouldn’t even mind following different characters in the same world to get that. There’s a lot left unsaid that I believe dystopian books usually touch on, the stuff that really makes it interesting. Yet again, I liked it, but I’m still disappointed with the ending of this series.
I loved seeing Xander’s POV, I honestly liked him a lot more now compared to the other two books. Cassia, I feel like kind of fell flat, but maybe that’s because I was so wrapped up in Xander’s point of view. Ky, I still have mixed feelings on, I wish he had more development in this book but due to certain things, he really didn’t get the opportunity.
I really feel like this series could’ve done with a fourth book to wrap it up more. I wouldn’t even mind following different characters in the same world to get that. There’s a lot left unsaid that I believe dystopian books usually touch on, the stuff that really makes it interesting. Yet again, I liked it, but I’m still disappointed with the ending of this series.
This was probably more like 4.5 stars, but I'm rounding up because I really liked the overall message about choices (and I felt that the end was quite satisfying). This is definitely a character-driven story and I loved seeing how all 3 main characters changed and grew. At times, the discussion of the plague and more scientific aspects of the story felt a bit cumbersome, but overall a wonderful book with such poetic writing!
The Matched Trilogy
Cassia is a citizen within the Society. The Society controls everything you do, how you do it and when you do it. You have no choice and limited freedom. Cassia has always believed in the Society but when she gets Matched, it goes all wrong. She starts to have forbidden feelings for someone who is not accepted in the Society. He has been set on a path to take his life no matter what the cost. This creates a love triangle between her Match for perfection and an Aberration who would cause her only trouble. She loves them both but when the time finally comes, who will she choose?
The Society Matches you with who suits them most. They pick all the music you listen to, paintings you see, stories you read. They tell you when you're supposed to die. All this data and all this control. What happens when the Rising wants to finally see the Society come crushing down at their feet? Are they able to help diverge from the Society or are they the exact same thing? But when their original rebellion plan goes awry which causes distrust from the people in the provinces toward the Rising, can they find the cure in time to save lives to win their trust back? Or will they crumble and fall with the death of the people they were supposed to cure and protect?
A beautiful love triangle with a controlling government and a full-scale, breathtaking rebellion = a magnificent masterpiece of art
Reached
Summary:
The summary of what I thought of this book was that it was created for success but fated for destruction. This book was okay. The ideas were good but the way they were brought out were not. They were original but bad. I apologize to those who loved this book but this was a bad book. Not the worst in the trilogy but bad.
Pros:
-still can't believe it was only one book with so much happening in it, although this book was longer than the others in the trilogy
Cons:
-don't like how illness and mismatching were the signs of the beginning of the Rising.
-the Pilot. Everything with the Risings got to do with the or a Pilot
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Protagonist:
Cassia has copper brown hair and green eyes. She got Matched with Xavier at her Matching Banquet, which is rare for someone to get Matched with someone from the same province. Whenever she opens up the port to see more about Xavier on the microcard, she sees Ky's face there instead. She also knows him, too because he lives in the same Borough as those two do. Now done with the backstory, let's go to this book. Reached. She had joined the Rising and she had been stationed to work from within the Society working in Central. They finally start the Rising but she's still nowhere near Ky or Xavier. She discovers that she is not immune to the red tablet. Indie finally brings the three all together but Ky has contracted the mutation Plague so he's forced to stay apart from those he loves. They search for the cure in the Canyons with the village people because they were forced by the Pilot.
Antagonist:
This book actually has two different antagonists. One is a group known as the Society. Another is a disease that was started and is known as the Plague. The Society claim their determined to protect everyone within their control but then they are forced to become under the Risings control. The Plague is released and the Rising claims they have the cure and they’ll cure everyone who’s gotten it if they step down. So, they do but then the Plague mutates and if you’ve gotten the first one, you won’t get the mutated virus. The cure part was actually okay but all in all, I did not like this book this much.
Cassia is a citizen within the Society. The Society controls everything you do, how you do it and when you do it. You have no choice and limited freedom. Cassia has always believed in the Society but when she gets Matched, it goes all wrong. She starts to have forbidden feelings for someone who is not accepted in the Society. He has been set on a path to take his life no matter what the cost. This creates a love triangle between her Match for perfection and an Aberration who would cause her only trouble. She loves them both but when the time finally comes, who will she choose?
The Society Matches you with who suits them most. They pick all the music you listen to, paintings you see, stories you read. They tell you when you're supposed to die. All this data and all this control. What happens when the Rising wants to finally see the Society come crushing down at their feet? Are they able to help diverge from the Society or are they the exact same thing? But when their original rebellion plan goes awry which causes distrust from the people in the provinces toward the Rising, can they find the cure in time to save lives to win their trust back? Or will they crumble and fall with the death of the people they were supposed to cure and protect?
A beautiful love triangle with a controlling government and a full-scale, breathtaking rebellion = a magnificent masterpiece of art
Reached
Summary:
The summary of what I thought of this book was that it was created for success but fated for destruction. This book was okay. The ideas were good but the way they were brought out were not. They were original but bad. I apologize to those who loved this book but this was a bad book. Not the worst in the trilogy but bad.
Pros:
-still can't believe it was only one book with so much happening in it, although this book was longer than the others in the trilogy
Cons:
-don't like how illness and mismatching were the signs of the beginning of the Rising.
-the Pilot. Everything with the Risings got to do with the or a Pilot
-
Protagonist:
Cassia has copper brown hair and green eyes. She got Matched with Xavier at her Matching Banquet, which is rare for someone to get Matched with someone from the same province. Whenever she opens up the port to see more about Xavier on the microcard, she sees Ky's face there instead. She also knows him, too because he lives in the same Borough as those two do. Now done with the backstory, let's go to this book. Reached. She had joined the Rising and she had been stationed to work from within the Society working in Central. They finally start the Rising but she's still nowhere near Ky or Xavier. She discovers that she is not immune to the red tablet. Indie finally brings the three all together but Ky has contracted the mutation Plague so he's forced to stay apart from those he loves. They search for the cure in the Canyons with the village people because they were forced by the Pilot.
Antagonist:
This book actually has two different antagonists. One is a group known as the Society. Another is a disease that was started and is known as the Plague. The Society claim their determined to protect everyone within their control but then they are forced to become under the Risings control. The Plague is released and the Rising claims they have the cure and they’ll cure everyone who’s gotten it if they step down. So, they do but then the Plague mutates and if you’ve gotten the first one, you won’t get the mutated virus. The cure part was actually okay but all in all, I did not like this book this much.
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautiful ending to a trilogy.!
I think this was a wonderful end to a story full of hope.
It has been awhile since I finished this book so I do not remember every little thing. I do know that reading the last few sentences of the book gave me chills.!
The powerful message that is conveyed through this series is something many other trilogies fail to do.
The fact that Cassia and Ky and Xander go from living in a neighborhood following all the petty rules to doing their own parts in a society they are trying to take down is brilliant. And the journey they took to get there. Finally.!
This book, along with the other two, are very artistically written. Like I wrote in my other reviews. Each one different in its whole.
Like I said in my review of Matched, if you go into this book with open eyes it will all make sense. Perfect sense. And maybe a more realistic view of what this world could be coming to.
Absolutely in LOVE.!
Great novel once again Ally Condie.!
I think this was a wonderful end to a story full of hope.
It has been awhile since I finished this book so I do not remember every little thing. I do know that reading the last few sentences of the book gave me chills.!
The powerful message that is conveyed through this series is something many other trilogies fail to do.
The fact that Cassia and Ky and Xander go from living in a neighborhood following all the petty rules to doing their own parts in a society they are trying to take down is brilliant. And the journey they took to get there. Finally.!
This book, along with the other two, are very artistically written. Like I wrote in my other reviews. Each one different in its whole.
Like I said in my review of Matched, if you go into this book with open eyes it will all make sense. Perfect sense. And maybe a more realistic view of what this world could be coming to.
Absolutely in LOVE.!
Great novel once again Ally Condie.!
Great ending to a great series. I liked that things weren't ever absolute - there was a lot of room for error, and the characters had to make do with what they had. In that way, it was a lot more true to life than some of the other books I've read lately.
Wow. Jut wow. I REALLY don't know how to better describe this book... so for you to really understand, I've gotta give some background info:
I LIKED Matched. Nothing more. But it was enough to convince me to read Crossed. I really, really didn't like Crossed. It was slow, it was boring, and it didn't progress the story line a WHOLE lot.
So, I went into this book, expecting an "it was ok" 2 star review. And, then I started reading...for the first bit, one of the characters (not gonna say who) had really become sorta a jerk, and very self-centered, which I hated.
Little by little though, this book went on, and that one character got over himself, and then it just got better, and better, and even better. EVERYTHING, about it.
A confession: I expected this book to be a lot like Mockingjay. Love triangle. Rebellion against government, and then, effectively a retelling of the last third of Mockingjay.
I can't believe I allowed myself to make an assumption like that. This book, was NOTHING like Mockingjay, the love triangle, NOTHING like the Hunger Games. It was so much better. In so many different ways.
As the book progressed, you grew to love, and understand all three of the points of the triangle. I expected to be unhappy with the ending, with who Cassia ended up with. But I wasn't at all. I was completely 100% satisfied...but, if you were to tell me that Cassia ended up with that person last week, I would have hated it.
SOMETHING, about the ending, was just so perfect. So satisfying. Tying up loose ends, and yet leaving it open, as if the story actually did continue. Everything flowed together so perfectly, and as I read the last 200 pages within the space of a couple hours...it was beautiful. The writing was masterful. How Ally Condie ended this series, was absolutely breathtaking.
I'm 15, and I HIGHLY recommend this incredible book.
I LIKED Matched. Nothing more. But it was enough to convince me to read Crossed. I really, really didn't like Crossed. It was slow, it was boring, and it didn't progress the story line a WHOLE lot.
So, I went into this book, expecting an "it was ok" 2 star review. And, then I started reading...for the first bit, one of the characters (not gonna say who) had really become sorta a jerk, and very self-centered, which I hated.
Little by little though, this book went on, and that one character got over himself, and then it just got better, and better, and even better. EVERYTHING, about it.
A confession: I expected this book to be a lot like Mockingjay. Love triangle. Rebellion against government, and then, effectively a retelling of the last third of Mockingjay.
I can't believe I allowed myself to make an assumption like that. This book, was NOTHING like Mockingjay, the love triangle, NOTHING like the Hunger Games. It was so much better. In so many different ways.
As the book progressed, you grew to love, and understand all three of the points of the triangle. I expected to be unhappy with the ending, with who Cassia ended up with. But I wasn't at all. I was completely 100% satisfied...but, if you were to tell me that Cassia ended up with that person last week, I would have hated it.
SOMETHING, about the ending, was just so perfect. So satisfying. Tying up loose ends, and yet leaving it open, as if the story actually did continue. Everything flowed together so perfectly, and as I read the last 200 pages within the space of a couple hours...it was beautiful. The writing was masterful. How Ally Condie ended this series, was absolutely breathtaking.
I'm 15, and I HIGHLY recommend this incredible book.
The author did a good job of the two perspectives in Crossed. (I was occasionally confused, because both were told in first person.) In Reached not only are Cassia and Ky telling the story, she’s added Xander too. I worried that she was biting off more than even she could chew, but the chapters were kept short enough that I didn’t get confused.
In Reached there's a rebellion against the Society and all three of the characters are on their own. Then there's an outbreak of a plague and a rush to find a cure. (Unlike Crossed, Reached doesn’t lack for plot, but the focus is still on the characters, not the action.) The author did a good job of making me worry for the characters.
There are new women in both of the boy's lives, so it wasn't obvious which one Cassia would end up with. (I didn't like Xander, so I actually cared who she wound up with in one of these stupid love triangles.)
Other than the dystopian aspect these books aren’t my normal style, so it surprised me that I enjoyed them. If Matched sounds interesting to you, you should give it a try.
In Reached there's a rebellion against the Society and all three of the characters are on their own. Then there's an outbreak of a plague and a rush to find a cure. (Unlike Crossed, Reached doesn’t lack for plot, but the focus is still on the characters, not the action.) The author did a good job of making me worry for the characters.
There are new women in both of the boy's lives, so it wasn't obvious which one Cassia would end up with. (I didn't like Xander, so I actually cared who she wound up with in one of these stupid love triangles.)
Other than the dystopian aspect these books aren’t my normal style, so it surprised me that I enjoyed them. If Matched sounds interesting to you, you should give it a try.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed this book in the end looking at how everything closed up together very well, but I have to say there was a lot of times I got bored with the book. It was very good though at showing all of Ky, Cassia, and Xander's personalities through their own POVs and the author did do a good job of making the reader go tons and tons of feelings while reading this book. Overall, I can say I enjoyed the read but I don't believe I will ever have to re-read it.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes