The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.
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Well I really liked it. It took me forever to get through the book though, but it was very interesting. I was very quick to judge the book, because at first I thought it was very similar to Delirium. Girl is at the test to decide her future, what her career will be, her husband, everything. Then her test was interupted but a handsome boy. She is then intrigued by this boy and soon falls in love with him when she meets him. Now Matched started with the perparing of the Banquet. She gets there is matched with her best friend, all is well. The next day Cassia puts her mirocard with all of Xanders information to see what the Society thought was important for her to know. What she sees instead is a boy that is NOT her matched. And Cassia knows him, he is Ky Markham. She is then intrigued by him to soon fall in love. So because of this big similarity (in my eyes) I had delayed reading Matched. And when I finally did I found that it is VERY different to Delirium. The similarity ends at the falling in love part. Everything else is completely different. The book was odd. There are no other words for me to describe it. Matched was very odd, how the world worked all the new advancements. But I loved it. And since this is a dystopian book I could see parts of this book happening. Things that could become a reality. I absolutely loved the way Ally Condie described the world, how everything had to be 'fair.' The Society controlled everything, from the things they ate, how much they could exercise, who they married, what they could do in their free time. It was interesting, every well thought out. Now I do admit to being bored at times because it was very VERY slow, but it was still very good. I just wish that at times it were faster. Because it dragged a bit. But there was a lot to explain. The characters were amazing. In this world of perfection, there were some cracks, some imperfections. My favorite of all was Cassia. I think Cassia was a great hero. She seemed so perfect at first but slowly as she fell in love with Ky, she became greedy, something that is not allowed, she wanted to choose what she wanted to be, who she could love. The one thing that did bug me at first about Cassia was how fast Cassia fell in love with Ky. It seemed to me that right when she saw his face on her microcard, instead of Xander, it was love. But it was not so, and as she explained, she did not love him until the moment she saw him on the hill they hiked. At the moment when Ky was free from the burdens of the society, and could be himself. That was the moment Cassia fell in love. So after that explanation I was more ok with it. Xander wasn't very important it seemed to me. At times he was just there. But he is Cassia's official match, and that was all. Near the end Xander became more important
Now since I thought it was like Delirium I had not wanted to read it, thinking it would be a repeat. But I was utterly wrong. It was better than I had ever expected, completely different from Delirium. The similarities ended with them falling in love with someone they should not and I loved it. The book was amazing, but it was slow. Very slow, and at times it dragged. But it was still very good. It was also interesting how the world is. How technology runs everything, how they have destroyed very thing and have only left the 100 songs, lessons, paintings, etc. Also since the society was so “perfect” it is imperfect, trying to hide things that they didn’t want the people to know. I loved it. Other than that, I absolutely loved the book. It was an odd, yet compelling book. :3
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