Review of Matched by Ally Condie

Hey guys so a few weeks ago I finished reading Matched by Ally Condie and I just have to say it was one of the best books I had ever read,  I don’t think I have ever been this angry over a book before but this book made me really mad.

So the book focuses on the main character Cassia, and Cassia lives in a futuristic world, where the government called the “Society” control everything and I mean everything, from who you marry, to how many kids you have. You might think wow, who would live in a world like that? But these people are happy with their lives, everyone who chooses to get married and have kids is usually always happy with their match, so let’s meet Cassia, Cassia ends up getting matched to not one person but two (Xander and Ky). Although she is told that it was only a glitch and Xander is her true match Cassia starts to question the society and find out who her true match is on her own.

What I liked about this book is that it instantly pulls you in and makes you fall in love with it. I did not expect to like this book as soon as I read it but I did it was amazing, I remember reading parts in this book and getting so angry that I just wanted to scream and shout and even in that anger I couldn’t stop reading. Cassia’s character development I thought was really well done as she went from this good girl who did everything the society told her, always obeyed the rules, to this strong girl who believes in what she chooses.  

What I disliked about this book is you didn’t hear much about Xander, I would have loved to see his character develop a bit more like everyone else’s did, to me it felt like Cassia didn’t really give him a chance she just instantly friendzoned him and that annoyed me. Another thing I didn’t really like is how the hell is everyone so cool about the society making decisions for them? It’s like “oh we are going to die at 80 but that’s fine cause the society says it is” even thinking about it still makes me angry.

I gave this book five out five stars on goodreads, because even though there was some things I was not happy about, I did love it and could not put it down. I would recommend this book to people looking for a different type of love story and people who liked Delirium by Lauren Oliver as the two are very similar.