Matched

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Call Number: Teen Fiction / Condie, Ally, Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Condie, Ally
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Condie, Ally	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
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Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Condie, Ally	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024
Traverwood Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Condie, Ally	4-week checkout	Due 04-26-2024

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?

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If you miss "The Giver," continue your search submitted by eringogreen on June 27, 2011, 7:00pm I'm a sucker for an interesting looking cover and I also loved "The Giver," so I thought this would be a fun read. It's definitely a Young Adult book, so if you're looking for a little teen angst and romance, this might be your thing. If you're looking to explore deeper into the intricacies of Utopian society, pass this one up.

Cute submitted by KForesi on March 9, 2012, 7:56pm Im starting it now. I already LOVE it! Its sad, but happy to! If you want to read I recommend to only read it depending on Maturity Level. Its really cute near the begining and might get you a little confused but you will understand it near the end (A Friend told me) :D

Really Good! submitted by alumeng.ajl on June 16, 2012, 6:50pm I loved this book. I got it for Christmas, never having heard of it before. But I fell in love with it. This book is definitely better than the second book, and I'll have to wait and see about the third.

Great book submitted by xjasx on June 16, 2012, 11:43pm Wow I was shocked at this book, though I don't like the idea of having your match already made for you =.= still, if I had to choose between this and my games, I would pick this.

good submitted by gzheng on July 9, 2012, 3:55pm this book is good

ok submitted by 04foremanh on July 9, 2012, 6:00pm decent book

AWESOME submitted by xiaoli zhang on July 11, 2012, 1:19pm this book is awesome

Amazing !!!!!! submitted by saira29 on July 15, 2012, 8:54am I loved this book it was just amazing!!!!!!!!!:)

Great submitted by Memoria1224 on July 20, 2012, 2:29pm This book is really good! It's really interesting and exciting!

Beautiful submitted by Motomori on June 22, 2013, 2:14pm This was a beautiful book with such great meaning. You should probably read "The Giver" first though, as a prep so it will help you understand the deep meaning hidden inside this book. Even though I sadly did not read the giver, I loved the book anyway!!!!

love submitted by leett on July 4, 2013, 3:06pm I think the love is way too fast and fake. The author is an English teacher.

Great submitted by marisal on July 5, 2013, 5:36pm A friend of mine had read this book and said it was really good. I decided to read it too and I ended up really liked it. It was a lot like The Giver but with a few changes. I would definitely recommend this!

Interesting story submitted by Josie Brown on July 15, 2013, 11:06am I liked the plot of this book. More of a romance novel than a sci fi/ dystopian.

Very Moving submitted by Dannihu on July 9, 2014, 4:15pm Emotional and inspiring. Very good read.

great! submitted by ECReader on July 10, 2014, 7:21am this book was amazing!!! i totally love it and i recomend it to teen readers.

Kind of like Uglies submitted by unknown on July 26, 2014, 2:23pm I think this book is fantastic, although it’s written very simplistically, so it ends up feeling more like a middle-grade novel even though the characters are about seventeen. It’s very like Uglies, by Scott Westerfield, in that way. The only thing I didn’t like about this book is that for some reason, everybody in this book knows how to read, but not how to write. This is very hard for me to suspend my disbelief to, because how do you learn how to read but not how to write??

Good for growing readers, not that much in it for adults submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on August 30, 2014, 1:55pm I think if I was a teenage girl and/or hadn't read a number of girl-YA-dystopian novels, I would have liked this more. Hmmm... that might be another way of saying that I think this was pretty good, but I don't think it was unexpected or particularly unique.

I like that it sets up a female protagonist who is discovering herself. I like that she is trying to balance the tensions between what she has always believed in (family, Society, Xander) with new discoveries (Ky, Grandfather's revelations, a mistake in her Match).

But having read the Hunger Games, and Delirium (especially Delirium!) this just doesn't feel new. I'm pretty sure I can predict everything that's going to happen along the way. I'll still support and encourage my daughter (and my son, if he wants to read it) to enjoy it when she reaches the right age, because good female characters on journeys of self-discovery are important role models.

But at 43, I don't need to spend any more time here, myself.

A Bit Different submitted by Anissa on July 7, 2015, 5:18pm You have the typical long triangle, but it's a bit different. The character, through love — family and friends included — found herself and broke her sphere. Not trying to be cheesy, but it's a good book. I suggest you read it.

Alright I guess... submitted by sbeegees on June 17, 2017, 3:20pm I expected the ending to be different than what it was. It had too much romance and I understand that was the point of the book, but I wanted a bit more action and adventure.

Eh... submitted by egglass8 on June 25, 2017, 10:31am It was sappy, sort of predictable and generally ok. Not amazing, yet not terrible.

Good submitted by mkwhybark on July 15, 2017, 9:56am It's similar to the giver yet different in a way that makes it worth reading.

Good Story submitted by clb89 on August 13, 2017, 9:58pm I enjoyed the new perspective of this book, imagine having a random match drawn up for you at only sixteen years old, and after a certain age you are put to death even if you are completely healthy. Imagine a world where everything is controlled so precisely that one doesn't even know how to read or write. That art does not exist.

Good YA Dystopian submitted by hdcooper on June 16, 2019, 12:22am I really, really enjoyed this book. Condie did a terrific job creating the Society and all of its rules and programs, and truly created a group of fascinating characters. While the outcome of certain incidents might have been predictable, my attention was completely held the entire time.

Okay submitted by c_zhang on June 27, 2019, 10:16pm Kind of overrated, but I read through the whole thing, so...?

Book submitted by Clown81 on August 31, 2019, 4:28pm Lovable.

Overrated submitted by lianayz on July 15, 2020, 12:41pm I didn't really like it, it was actually quite boring.

Matched: A Book Review submitted by yanxia cao on July 20, 2020, 10:58am Matched is the first book of the trilogy, Matched. It takes place in Cassia Reye’s utopian borough (bore-oh), where the Society maintains peace and prosperity. Everything they do is controlled by the Society, your work, your soulmate, your death, and everything between. The Society uses data to predict actions that different individuals will do, and they are rarely erroneous.
That’s what everyone thought until Cassia Reye was matched up with two people, and even strangely, two people in her borough, which everyone thought was impossible. The first person who she was matched with was Xander Carrow, her best friend who also lives on her street. This was the first time in years for this situation to happen. Everyone is given a “microcard” which contains bits and pieces of information about your match, and then little by little, you can receive more information.
Even though Cassia already knows everything about Xandor like the back of her hand, she still views the information on the microcard. The screen glitches and she sees that the impossible happened. She was paired up with two people. Xander and Ky, an Aberration, a semi-outcast because his father committed a serious infraction. Thankfully he was adopted by his uncle and aunt after their child was killed. An Official reassures Cassia that someone must have pulled a prank by putting Ky’s face on her microcard, after all, Ky is an Aberration, and he can never have a match.
Cassia signs up for hiking as her summer recreation activity, and Ky does too. Because they both are the fastest at hiking and get up to the top first, Cassia little by little learns more about his story. His parents, his past, his old life.
MY OPINION:
The first 70% (I read it on my kindle, and it only shows the percentage and not the page number) was really good, compared to the ending. I would give it a six out of ten, but the ending just RUINED THE WHOLE BOOK. It’s so FRUSTRATING. I’m giving it a one out of ten. I would recommend it to NO ONE. I HATE THIS BOOK. But, I can’t say why or else it will spoil the whole book…..

Interesting submitted by juliakkim on June 16, 2021, 2:49pm Decent Idea, but could be improved on the general subject.

Just okay submitted by Princess Cimorene on June 21, 2021, 10:31am I suppose it's nice to have a more pleasant, mild dystopia, but since the stakes were so much lower than, say, The Hunger Games, I didn't find this book that engaging. I would recommend the Uglies series by Scott Westerfield over this if you like dystopian YA fiction.

Meh submitted by kjshaffer on July 10, 2021, 12:00pm I didn't really like how the world was set up, it just wasn't interesting. It was too basic for me

Decent submitted by Isha on August 21, 2022, 8:28am I didn't really like how the world was and it just didn't get my attention the way other books did.

Great Book submitted by Jooyeon on November 27, 2022, 7:52am I loved the general plot of this book, but what I loved most was that the author leaves just enough questions to keep the reader hooked, but not so much that your brain gets confused. I really enjoyed the rollercoaster plot that this book lays out, and I can’t wait to read the second book!