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Matched
by Ally Condie
It was a fun, quick read. There were things I liked and things I didn't.
Here's what I liked. I liked the story. I've read other distopias, and the romance factor was fun. I liked the way the Society was portrayed—it seemed much more feasible than other societies in other distopia novels, which made it simultaneously more fun to read and more creepy to think about. I liked the story. I liked that a lot of the themes were familiar to me and rang true in my mind. It gave me a lot to think about. My favorite thing was how much I enjoyed it in general.
I didn't like the main character as much as I wanted to. Cassia is smart and brave, but she is heavily reliant on the men in her life to make her feel that way. It felt like her motivations were generally emotional and dramatic, but she is seventeen, so that's probably to be expected. I didn't like the way the narrator put so much weight on Cassia's perceptions. She read a lot into every glance and every change in tone. Maybe that was the author's way of expressing underlying communications, but I found myself wondering if I was listening to an unreliable narrator.
Overall, it was fun to read. I looked forward to reading it.
Here's what I liked. I liked the story. I've read other distopias, and the romance factor was fun. I liked the way the Society was portrayed—it seemed much more feasible than other societies in other distopia novels, which made it simultaneously more fun to read and more creepy to think about. I liked the story. I liked that a lot of the themes were familiar to me and rang true in my mind. It gave me a lot to think about. My favorite thing was how much I enjoyed it in general.
I didn't like the main character as much as I wanted to. Cassia is smart and brave, but she is heavily reliant on the men in her life to make her feel that way. It felt like her motivations were generally emotional and dramatic, but she is seventeen, so that's probably to be expected. I didn't like the way the narrator put so much weight on Cassia's perceptions. She read a lot into every glance and every change in tone. Maybe that was the author's way of expressing underlying communications, but I found myself wondering if I was listening to an unreliable narrator.
Overall, it was fun to read. I looked forward to reading it.