This month’s book review is the Matched series, a YA series by Ally Condie. While I will talk about the series as a whole, there won’t be any spoilers and only the blurb from the first book will be included.
The Matched Series by Allie Condie
Blurb from The Back Cover
On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life.
Except he’s not.
In Cassia’s society, Officials decide who people love. How many children they have. Where they work. When they die.
But as Cassia finds herself falling in love with another boy, she is determined to make some choices of her own.
And that’s when her whole world begins to unravel …
My Thoughts on The Book
While I enjoyed the Matched series, I did find that the second book dragged on a bit. The whole book could have been done in less than half of the pages it took and it got a bit tedious. Having said that, I liked the characters enough to keep going with it which I think is a good indication of the fact that the characters are likeable.
The series is basically the standard story about a government who has ultimate control and the people who want to take that control back. While it’s a plot that’s been done a hundred times before, the way it is done in Matched has enough unique concepts and ideas to keep it feeling fresh and new. One of the main things that struck me as different was that Cassia’s match (the guy you’re meant to root against to some extent) isn’t unlikeable. In fact, he’s one of my favourite characters and a few times, I felt myself getting frustrated with Cassia for the way she treats him.
That’s what I really like about this book. The character’s are flawed. Even the ones you like have moments that make you want to shake them. They’re teenagers and they act like it, making the kinds of mistakes teenagers make.
Conclusion and Rating
I wouldn’t say I loved the Matched series, but I enjoyed it enough to want to finish it. It’s an easy read that’s entertaining and the characters really do make the whole series. 3.5/5
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Have you read the Matched series? Did you enjoy it? Let me know in the comments 🙂
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I’ve not read this one yet. It sounds like it may be worth a read.
I need a book to grab me within the first few pages or i tend to put it down and not open it again. #AnythingGoes
Same here – I really can’t go on with it if the writing style doesn’t grab me either
I’ve always liked the covers of this series, but the genre wasn’t really anything that made me want to pick it up.
I quite enjoyed it but I like YA fiction in general
I think its interesting how many of these types of series now feature over reaching government as opposed to the “fall of civilization” types that used to be the norm #anythinggoes
It’s a scary sign of the times!
I have never heard if this but sounds a good read X #bloggerclubuk
Yeah, it’s pretty good 🙂