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strawberrytheauthor's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It was better than the first book, and I did enjoy it but I still think it’s kind of dumb. I liked it though, honestly, and I enjoyed how the main characters took others on their journeys with them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Gun violence
prashiie's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
“Trying to climb over into someplace where Ky might be. And even if he's not there, I'll find him. I'll go over again and again until I've finally crossed to where he is.”
Ky has been sent away and Cassia is determined to find Ky and to reunite with him. The first book only had one point of view, but this book has two different POVs: Cassia and Ky’s. For someone who has had a very easy life in the Society, Cassia experiences many hardships and finds out many ugly truths in her journey to find Ky. We also find out what the blue tablet does! And what is Xander hiding....?
Overall, a great second book!
The only thing that made me sad is that Cassia and Ky had to split up again at the end of the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Violence
Minor: Abandonment
avim's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Child death
bboshart's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Wow, this book was slow! I wasn't super impressed with Matched to begin with, but I also didn't hate it and wanted to give Crossed a fair shot. I feel like almost nothing happened! Most of this story consisted of listening to Cassia and Ky's teenage-angsty thoughts in the form of far too much poetry. The writing is set up in a way to make you feel like major secrets and plot twists are being revealed, but it just falls flat. I'm going to give the third book a read just to see if it picks up at all and hopefully it doesn't turn into a DNF.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Genocide, War, and Death
wishuponastarcall's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Child death
podanotherjessi's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
There was a bit of confusion for me at the start of this one. It felt like there was something missing between the books. I do think this one improved on the last book though. The prose is better - though still far from perfect - and the new characters introduced are much more likable. There was also a much more solid plot, with an actual understandable goal for out heroes rather than just time passing. I just wish the love triangle played less of a role in the whole thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
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