I felt that Matched was okay. It was a bit random the characters were underdeveloped and the general topic is worn out. Certain scenes were unneeded or just did not fit in where it was placed.Most of the characters had no story to them, and even the main characters back stories were under developed. The story of an over controlling government and one person starting to single handily rebel is too generic at this point. Along with all of this I feel that the relationships in the story had no foundations or history. What I liked least about the book was the ending (but not how it ended). I felt the ending its self was fine; but where the book ended left it feeling incomplete and anticlimactic.
Matched by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
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2 comments:
I completely agree with you. I also felt the ideas in this book were worn out and overused. So much actually, that I was able to tell what the majority of the plot held before I even finished the book. The characterization of all of the main characters were quite weak(Though I'm not too sure if this is deliberate because of the setting) and everyone felt too special in one way or another. What are the odds that two best friends are matched, or that Cassia happened to know the boy who can write and wasn't originally from where they live? Even her grandpa having an illegal poem seemed unlikely. The ending left me with a sour feeling, but I guess you have to read the sequels to find out what happened.
I agree with you about the ending. I was looking forward to see how Cassia was going to rebel and continue her life with Ky, but that obviously never came. The ending was probably the most boring part of the book. Instead of making me want to read the next book, it make me not want to!
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