Matched (edition 2010)

by Ally Condie (Author)

Series: Matched (1)

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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, whom 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?… (more)

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Title:	Matched
Authors:	Ally Condie (Author)
Info:	Dutton Books for Young Readers (2010), Edition: First Edition, 384 pages
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Aerrin99)
Aerrin99: Both books feature central heroines living in dystopian worlds that aren't quite what they seem. They each have an engaging romance and a story that digs behind the curtain of the society their characters live in.
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Trojanprincess: The two worlds seem similar in the way that every aspect of their livee are controlled.
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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (kqueue)
kqueue: Another story about a 'perfect' society that is deeply flawed once you look beneath the surface. Both feature strong heroines who fight against the powers in control, and both have themes of independence and free will.
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Delirium by Lauren Oliver (foggidawn, simonie, jfoster_sf)
simonie: une autre dystopie
jfoster_sf: Both are powerful love stories that take place in a future where the government controls their lives. If you love Matched you will love Delirium=)
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Wither by Lauren DeStefano (dizzyweasel)
dizzyweasel: Dystopian novel about government control and arranged marriages.
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Phantasma)
Phantasma: Similar imagined world with similar outsider view changing the opinions of some insiders.
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Moongirl: Ebenfalls eine Distopie, welche in der Zukunft spielt.
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The Selection by Kiera Cass (Aleana, BookshelfMonstrosity)
BookshelfMonstrosity: Both of these series have young teens involved in a rigorous selection process to be matched with their future spouse. Political intrigue and the darker side of these dystopian societies set on a future earth add intensity and action.
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For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (coxy132)
coxy132: Both have dystopian romance between groups that are not supposed to fall in love
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Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov (Phantasma)
Phantasma: Many of the short stories in this Asimov collection have similar ideas to the ones mentioned in Matched, such as matching a person's abilities and personality to their job and then giving them instruction in only that job. Most of the stories in the Asimov collection are distopian futures based on technology. And, for something originally written in the 50s... still quite plausible.… (more)
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Phantasma: A Utopian novel with a similar world-view and premise.
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I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. I liked the idea of it and the characters but there wasn't enough action or even drama to keep me entertained for long. The world they live in is crazy and everything but too much took place inside her head and not enough drama was outside. Overall pretty good though not the best I've read. (

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chelssicle | Nov 14, 2024 |

"Sometimes it seems like everything I've done has been to help you be ready for someone else."

Ugh, nope. Nope nope nope. I didn't like this one. I want to blame it on the fact that I've read 3 or 4 dystopian books back to back - which is always a bad idea - but that's not it.

I just...didn't connect with anyone in this book. And, I don't agree with Cassia. Most of her actions & attractions just don't make sense,

and the world just didn't come alive. it was like I had to use all the other books I'd read that had similar traits to this world and try to use them to build this one.

all in all, it just all around felt flat. The line above, spoken by a wise boy, was the only redeeming part and gave it one more star - for his heartbreak.

and I just didn't want to read about her cheating on Xander anymore....just, really?! have some self respect (

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Trisha_Thomas | Nov 14, 2024 |

An interesting teen story about a future dystopian society in which everything is determined for everyone by the government, even whom they will marry. Cassia Reyes goes along with it all and is happy that her match is Xander, her best friend since childhood, but has doubts when she momentarily sees the face of Ky Markham, a societal outcast, on the screen of her data chip about her match. What caused the glitch, and is she meant to be with Ky instead?

I listened to about half of the audio book edition of this, which I'd downloaded from my public library's Overdrive database. My checkout period expired before I could finish it, and I decided not to try to get it again to finish the rest. It was a fun and interesting story, but also slow. As the antagonist, The Society didn't seem all that threatening. There were veiled references to Bad Things happening if people got out of line, but it surprised me that most of the people seemed unafraid and didn't have much of a problem with the way things were. I'm guessing that the evils of the society would have gotten more apparent as the story went on, but the author could have done more to make readers fear the Society from page one--at least, that's what I've come to expect from a dystopian story. (

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word.owl | Nov 12, 2024 |

A little vanilla for my taste with not a lot of tension. I felt like I read a very long prologue to the actual book--and it looks like this is the first in a trilogy. I am surprised it is so popular. I think it is the amazing cover! Cassia has more in common with Bella than Katniss...but there is the potential for change. I sense this could be one strong character in the next couple books. And I am interested to find out more about the Society, a very Soviet dystopia, complete with violent outer provinces...like Chechnya? (

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cgalvin | Nov 9, 2024 |

Matched by Allie Condie is an amazing beginning to a trilogy about a disytopian society. We meet Cassia at the beginning of the trilogy about to attend the match banquet. Her match banquet where she will meet her match. The one she will marry at twenty-one. She never thought it would be her best friend Xander. They have gown up together. Everyone else has a match from another city. It rarely happens for a match to be in the same city but for her and Xander it does happen. She slowly however begins to start questioning the society that she lives in when she views her micro-card later and the face that appears is not that of Xander but that of another boy in her neighborhood, Ky Markham. Ky Markham will never be matched. He is meant to be single because of his arboration status. Her grandfather even practically tells her to question the society at his final banquet when he dies at 80 years old. They never age past the age of 80. So as the book slowly continues she still questions things and starts actually falling in love with Ky. Officials warn her of this messing with her future if she continues down this path. She does continue down the path but things take a worse turn when her family is sent out of the city to another city. This is a great first book to the trilogy and I for one cannot wait to finish the trilogy. (

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This first book in a planned trilogy feels just like that: a setup to a larger story rather than a stand-alone read. Having said that, we'll still be in line for book 2.

added by Katya0133 | editEntertainment Weekly, Sara Vilkomerson (Dec 3, 2010)

[Cassia's] awakening and development are realistically portrayed, and supporting characters like Cassia's parents and her grandfather add depth to the story.

added by Katya0133 | editSchool Library Journal, Anthony C. Doyle (Dec 1, 2010)

Condie's enthralling and twisty dystopian plot is well served by her intriguing characters and fine writing.

added by Katya0133 | editPublishers Weekly (Oct 4, 2010)

Detractors will legitimately cite less-than-subtle morality and similarities to The Giver, but this one's a fierce, unforgettable page-turner in its own right.

added by Katya0133 | editKirkus (Oct 1, 2010)

The stunning clarity and attention to detail in Condie’s Big Brother–like world is a feat.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Ally Condie	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Aide, Samantha	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Evangelista, Theresa M.	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Vandervoort, Irene	Designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Awards

Arkansas Teen Book Award (Honor Book – Level 1, Grades 7-9 – 2012)

Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee – Level 1, Grades 7-9 – 2013)

ARTY Award (Best Local Dystopia – 2011)

Association for Mormon Letters Award (Winner – Young Adult – 2010)

Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Winner – Teen – 2012)

California Young Reader Medal (Winner – Young Adult, Grades 9-12 – 2013)

Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee – 2013, 2015)

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Honor Book – 2013)

Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee – 2013)

Florida Teens Read Award (Nominee – 2013)

Gateway Readers Award (Winner – 2013)

Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee – Tween – 2013)

Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee – 2012)

Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee – 2013)

Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Honor – Teen Readers' Choice – 2013)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Winner – Division II - Grades 6-8 – 2013)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Meadowlark (Novel) – 2014)

Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee – Teen – 2013)

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Senior – 2013)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Winner – Young Adult – 2012)

Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Winner – 2012)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – High School – 2013)

Soaring Eagle Book Award (Second runner-up – 2013)

South Carolina Book Awards (Winner – Young Adult Book Award – 2013)

South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee – Young Adult Book Award – 2013)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Honor – Middle School List – 2013)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – High School – 2013)

Volunteer State Book Award (Winner – High School – 2013)

Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee – Middle School – 2013)

Whitney Award (Winner – Speculative Young Adult Fiction – 2010)

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee – 2012)

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Epigraph

Laat je niet meer los....

(p 96)

Do not go gentle into that good night.

(p 96)

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.

(p 96)

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

(p 222)

at first when the rain fell
from the sky so wide and deep
it smelled like sage, my favorite smell
I went up on the plateau to watch it come
to see the gifts it always brought
but this rain changed from blue to black
and left
nothing.

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For Scott,
who always believes

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Now that I've found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night? My wings aren't white or feathered; they're green, made of green silk, which shudders in the wind and bends when I move - first in a circle, then in a line, finally in a shape of my own invention.

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It is almost uncomfortable, this awareness of him. Each pause, each movement when he places a piece on the black-and-gray board. I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely; but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.

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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, whom 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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