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Matched by Allyson Braithwaite Condie

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8/27/13

Post 1- Matched

I usually don't enjoy reading romance novels, but I genuinely liked the novel Matched by Ally Condie. What intrigued me the most was the idea of this government creating a "perfect" society. However the government's idea of perfection based on statistics isn't the same idea of perfection that others have in mind. For example, Cassia's perfect match was Xander, but since they were childhood friends Cassia found their love to be sweet and simply not as real as the love she had for Ky, an aberration who wasn't allowed to be matched. Cassia fell for Ky even when the "perfect" matching system couldn't have sincerely matched them together considering Ky  is an aberration, implying that the love Cassia has for Ky isn't statically perfect like the government is trying to make it seem to be.
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