Often the hardest task of a dystopian book. The world is believable, one I don’t want to experience and one I would fight to change. If done correctly, the story has endless probabilities and scenarios that the author could use. In the protagonist’s world, everything is chosen for you from who you will marry, the number of children you’ll have, your career and when you will die. That is, until something goes wrong with her “matching”, the day she learns who she has to marry. The story follows Cassia who believed in the system and the government body, The Officials. Unfortunately, that did not happen and the plot did not fulfil it’s full potential The “Matched” complex could be core to the story. It could have helped the main character, Cassia develop and made her journey interesting. Many scenarios could have been created and used in the plot that fit in with the good world building. However, some of the writing decisions and the lack of the character development prevented the plot from developing. You don’t even get a choice of who you will marry. Every ounce of your life is chosen for you, including your career, family life and the day you will die. I found the plot idea of Matched interesting and feel that with a lot of hard work, this could be a great story. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow-between perfection and passion. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. When you die.Ĭassia has always trusted their choices.

This book review will discuss how well Ally Condie managed to control the storyline, world building and characters. Both of whom are men she knows personally and has feelings for. Cassia is about to be “matched”-that is-her partner is going to be chosen for her but something goes wrong.Īll of Cassia’s friends are aware of who they are going to be matched and married to, but Cassia sees two people on her screen. The series tells the story of 17-year-old Cassia who lives in tyrannical, tightly-controlled society. Matched is the first novel in the dystopian trilogy of the same name. Hi, Welcome to Berg’s Book Club-the Book Club with a sweet and cuddly Polar Bear! Today, we will review the book, Matched by Ally Condie.

Matched book series