Reviews tagging 'Death'

Matched by Ally Condie

13 reviews

5headwh0's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Death of parent

beth_gk28's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and Death

vagaybond's review

reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Stalking, Deportation, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia, Violence, and War

criticalmiss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

4.5⭐️ I read this years ago when it first came out and remembered enjoying it. 
I finally reread it now and still really enjoyed it. 
In a society where everything is predicted, no outbursts are allowed, everyone is calm and in peak health with optimal food intake and exercise, and when you turn 17 you are matched with the perfect person for optimal genetic outcome. 
Cassia is smart and kind and is matched with her best friend Xander, while unusual to be matched to someone from your own province, it’s perfect for her. Best friends since they were young, they laugh together and truly enjoy each others company. 
When cassia gets her data pod from her matching ceremony and looks at it at home, another boys face shows up, before Xander’s. And this leads her to ask questions, questions that she shouldn’t be asking. 
Tw: death

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It only got good after chapter 10. Even then it was slow going and hard to keep reading. I almost gave up but then something would happen that made me want to continue. It does have the love-triangle trope but that doesn’t start until chapter 6 and basically dissolves around chapter 20. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Child death, and Police brutality

Minor: War

Cheating

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War and Child death

kimberg's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Death, and Forced institutionalization

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I'm only giving 3 stars for entertainment value, which may not be saying much because I listened to this while nothing was happening at work. Don't get me wrong, YA is both fun and not exactly widely recognized for the writing prowess of its authors (see also this quote from Matched: "Compact. It means 'small'. I am small.") But I once I got into the flow of this story that doesn't quite hold up to the test of time, I enjoyed myself. It's fun, it's pretty non-intimidating, and it's broad and even ridiculous enough in its critiques of both the real and fictional "society" that I could appreciate what it was going for without anything cutting too deep.
So, honestly, it was kind of perfect.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

saffyre's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War

homemadecircle's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

It's a good dystopian book. A clear bad guy that bends the line. Love, death, romance. Very well written, but the will they-wont they love triangle kind of kills it for me, it's simply not something I enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail