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Who is the antagonist of Twilight? Trending Questions. Matched comes on November Go, preorder it now. About the cover: Am I the only one who doesn't like it? I never would have picked this book off the shelf. The glimmery background is cool, but the gray doesn't stand out. The dress, which is supposed to be the gorgeous dress Cassie wears to her Matching, is meh, and her hands don't line up with the bubble, which irritates me. I'm glad Dutton is pushing a book with writing talent, but I think they could have done better on the cover.
Feb 26, Booktastically Amazing rated it did not like it Shelves: 9-year-old-wrote-it , um , why-did-i-torture-myself , bff-who-shouldnt-be-alive , horrible-dialogue , ew , forgive-me-as-i-rant , have-not-yet-finished-but-i-will , um-what , yeet-to-trash.
But I didn't like the 90 pages I read, so I'll be a judgmental witch and give it one star. And add a lot of tags. Because that's what a good, trusting, and loving individual does. When you find that person, hit me up if you will. Okay, so, I've given it a lot of thought and have decided NOT to reread this.
Because I poured all the acid I neede [This in no way is to offend the author, it's just a personal opinion and if I offended anybody please let me know! I shall not make myself suffer again. And there was a guy. I decided not to pursue this novel's path to self-destruction. Perhaps I'm being overly prejudiced and biased, but as I'm not willing I actually am, but I'm trying to contain myself from waltzing into a whole butt load of painful QuIRkInEsS to read this again, I'm afraid any and all rants must be confined to this space of mine.
Books I should NOT be thinking of reading just to rant about them. Something I didn't get to watch unfold. I shall take my leave now. View all 79 comments.
Instagram Twitter Facebook Amazon Pinterest One of my current reading projects is going through books I really enjoyed when I was young and revisiting them to see how well they hold up as an adult. Part of that is a low-key flex "look what amazing taste I had! What we like as kids doesn't always hold up to adulthood.
I think any of us who have sampled Dunkaroos or Capri Sun in a moment of weakness know that. What once tasted like the nectar Instagram Twitter Facebook Amazon Pinterest One of my current reading projects is going through books I really enjoyed when I was young and revisiting them to see how well they hold up as an adult.
What once tasted like the nectar of the gods now tastes like sugar water and tainted memories. Oh, woe. Maybe it's because I really love romance novels, the trashier the better. And this book is pretty trashy. It takes place in a highly regimented futuristic society where people are Matched by the government, and most of history has been systematically destroyed. But we know that's not really why. Because they also don't write, either.
Also, everyone dies by age 80 in a ritualistic ceremony called The Final Banquet, which is ominous as fuck, so kudos to the author for coming up with that. It definitely has Logan's Run vibes.
Faster than you can say "love triangle" Cassia begins wringing her hands over her true match, childhood friend and steadfast follower to the rules, Xander, and the dangerous bad boy who came from The Place Where Bad People Live who is classified as something called an Aberration, Ky.
I'll give you three guesses who Cassia really likes. I read this book for the first time in college. I thought it was really fun when I read it and I think I initially gave it five stars. When you're crushing out term papers and spending late-nights studying for final exams, you don't really want heavy reading, so books like this were really fun for me. It's easy to read, with clean, fluid prose, and there isn't really a lot of depth to the world-building so it isn't that hard to follow.
So you know, the same things that would make it a good book for young readers also make it an easy read for stressed-out college students, which I was. I think if you pick this up expecting Orwell or Huxley, you're going to be mad. But if you read this as a YA soap opera, it's kind of fun escapist reading. They came out when people were already deciding that they were done with dystopians and moving on to The Next Big Thing, which I believe was toxic New Adult romances, if I recall correctly.
What keeps this book from being too tedious, though, are the sinister moments, like the Final Banquet, and other little hints into the darker aspects of this world. I kind of wish there had been more of those. In short: pick this book up if you love yourself some trashy teen drama, a la the CW.
Aug 27, Elena Salvatore rated it it was ok Shelves: 1st-person-pov , love-triangle , cliffhanger , star-crossed-lovers , too-many-chapters , not-what-i-imagined , couldn-t-stop-reading , female-author , easy-read , enjoyed-but-no-reread.
I actually quite enjoyed this book. Not because it was a great book per say, but more because it was a very fast and easy read. I did reach page in just a couple of hours. But even tho I enjoyed it, I don't know if I'm intrested enough to keep going with this series. I've heard that the second book is not worth reading since nothing really happens in it, so I did plan to skip it and just read some spoilery review for it but I also don't know feel like picking up the last book in the series.
I ju I actually quite enjoyed this book. I just don't care enough about the characters and the situation to invest time in it.
There wasn't anything that really bugged me about this book and I don't know why it get's so much hate, but personaly I'm just not invested enough. Cassia lives in a society where everything is already chosen for her. From the food that she eats to the cloths she wears, everybody has a programm to follow and no one dares to disobey.
People are led to belive that everything that happens is for the best. Unless they chose to stay Single for ever which however means that they can't have any children. Our story begins the night of Cassia's Match banquet where she get's matched with her best friend Xander.
However when she get's home and takes a look at the chip they gave her with Xander's information, she is surprised to see another face too. Someone she also knows. Don't knowing what to do since the society never makes mistakes, she decides to tell no one.
When one day an officer approches her and tells her that everything was a mistake, that someone found it funny to put Ky as a match to her even tho he won't ever be able to get married because of his status, she feels relived but also curious.
What does she actually know about Ky? They have been friends for a long time but he keeps a low profil and doesn't get close with anyone. So when they find themselves in eachothers company more often, they grew closer and as closer she comes to Ky, the more she finds flaws to the socitey they live in.
But in a world where everything you do is monitorized, how many times can you break the rules before you get caught? May 31, evelyn rated it it was ok Shelves: readin So I didn't expect them to at all, but a little part of me was really hoping Scholastic would come to BEA with a stack of galleys for "Mockingjay" the way they did with "Catching Fire.
But a girl can dream. So, anyway, there was a big gap in my galley pile that could only be filled by some quality YA distopian fiction. This is what I'll read instead. The editor dutifully talked this book up and it did not rise to my expectations. There is no urgency to this book at all, and it's not terribly creative. My favorite part of distopian fiction is slowly uncovering the new world the author has shaped. What are people's roles in this society?
Why is everyone acting so weird? Ohh, what's that pill for?! But there was no real mystery here. Cassia's "Society" is pretty much just a cross between "The Giver" and " Shouldn't the officials just carry them so no one takes one accidentally, or on a dare?
And then plot is just a romance, and not a terribly compelling one. I know, I'm 27, and I'm not supposed to give a shit about teenage romance. But some authors make me care. Suzanne Collins made me care, John Green makes me care. This is more "Twilight" love triangle romance where I don't really care about anyone involved, and therefore am ambivalent about the outcome. And then there isn't really anything else to this story to keep me entertained.
If we're supposed to care about the weird unrest occurring within "The Society" we're not given enough information to do so convincingly.
So here I am, sitting with a bunch of year-olds freaking out about first love, and I kind of want to punch them in the face. This book will probably be reasonably successful. Everyone loves a distopian future setting these days, and if "Twilight" is any indication, girls will gobble up the romance.
Although neither Ky nor Xander is the next Edward, so maybe I'm wrong. Teenagers these days, right?! Me, I'm just going to wait impatiently for " Mockingjay " to finally come out. View all 8 comments. May 28, Charlie rated it it was ok Shelves: eh , ya , instalove , dystopian. Bitch, puhlEAz! It has the whole, "We are a perfect Utopian society, with order, and control.
Thanks Sarah J Mass. What next? My life decisions?? Anyways, home girl Cassia, gets matched with her best friend Xander and is all like, "Yippy! I am gonna have a great life, and live happily ever after!
Even though I don't know much about this new guy, other than the fact that he likes drawing in the dirt, like a 3 year old. Could totally be my theme; View all 3 comments. This turned out to be a good thing, because I can only imagine how angry I'd be if I thought this book was going to be good I wouldn't go so far as to say that this book was terrible, but it just had nothing appealing at all. If you have read The Giver by Lois Lowry, then you would know that it had a very distinct and inspirational, dystopian setting.
It is the basis for practically every dystopia, so I have no problem when I see parallels between The Giver and whatever other book I'm reading. That being said, I was ticked off that Matched literally takes The Giver's setting and has no unique spin on it. It's the exact same setting! It was like Ally Condie decided to write her own fanfic of The Giver.
I imagine her train of thought was something like this: Oh my gosh, what if the Giver had love triangles and kissing!
Lots and lots of kissing! That would be puuuuuuuuurfect! You don't need a plot, just have tons of making out, especially since it's not allowed! And one of the boys must write poetry! Because that makes him so dreamy and hot, and not cliche at all!
Ooh, and how about I make Pretty Boy super sweet and nice! That will make it impossible for my Mary Sue to choose between them! I'm not even kidding, I truly believe that's what the author was thinking when she wrote this. Ugh, this book. Just, ugh!!! The main problem was the snail pace. If it went any slower it'd be going backwards which it might have been, come to think of it. Literally nothing happens! Where's the action? Turning point?
The whole darn book was nothing but Cassia's relationship with Ky! Speaking of which, why is every male Asian character in YA literature named Ky? There's more. Yes, poetry! Someone shoot me already. It can't get any worse than that, right? Think again The ones in the old stories. How they can fly to heaven.
Do you? I couldn't help myself! Some of the dialogue was absolutely awful! Xander is the typical best-friend-who-I-love-like-a-brother, and he's hardly even in the book!
And even when he is, all Cassia thinks about is Oh Ky, I wonder what his lips would feel like on mine Cassia wasn't an awful protagonist, but she was just so boring! I actually forgot her name when I first started writing this review. I have a few questions about this book Forgive me if I'm wrong, but at any point in the book was it specified what you use sorting for??? You expect me to believe that Cassia spent her whole life sorting number on a screen for no apparent reason, and not a single soul in the Society questions this?
The only time Cassia actually sorts anything, it's of workers being separated into groups based on their proficiency. She spent her entire life preparing for that!? Give me a break.
Let me get this straight. What the heck? Where's the logic in that!? Sure, she might not know how to write cursive, but not being able to write at all? Are you serious? They're for emergencies , but what exactly does that mean? Is it some kind of intense painkiller or a magical pill that mends bones?
Also, I couldn't help but think of this every time the pills were mentioned. I seem to recall that one Official being in the story, but she couldn't possibly be the villain since she was only in the story like three times Well, that's about as close as we get to an antagonist! And don't even get me started on the ending!
That was supposed to be a cliffhanger? I honestly didn't even realize the story ended and had to reread the last 5 pages just to be sure so I could celebrate. It was abrupt, inconclusive, and doesn't even make me want to read the sequel. There wasn't necessarily anything I hated about this book, but I couldn't find anything that I really liked. But, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone On another matter, this is the first rant on my blog!
I'm so proud of myself! View all 17 comments. Dec 20, Georgie rated it did not like it Recommends it for: No one. Recommended to Georgie by: waterstones young readers thing. Really disliked it. I found it espcially hard to believe in her love for insert forgotten name as she barely knew him and all that napkin stuff was really cringy.
Didn't feel for the guy at all, since all he seemed to want was for somebody to feel sorry for him. I would have prefered it if she'd fallen in love with her best friend but been given a different match. The fact that the matches were so sucessful most of the time was the biggest let down for me. I also disliked how 'deep' we were su Really disliked it.
The second book in the trilogy, Crescendo , has just gone on sale. As a rule, I kiss with my eyes closed, but tonight temptation got the better of me, and I stole a glimpse. Does it give away any clues? Listen and find out! Then leave your best guesses in the comments! Posted in: Book of the Month Tags:.
The hush series is amazing!! I believe the movie rights have been optioned, but so-far nothing is in production yet. Fingers crossed though, eh?! There is a functional benefit to adopting the matched book method; it lets a bank or any other financial entity supervise its liquidity as well as manage risk as far as interest rate. Despite potential benefits, this approach is not always put to use by institutions. A matched book is a risk management technique for banks and other financial institutions that ensures that they have equal valued liabilities and assets with equal maturities.
Essentially, a bank that adopts this approach is seeking a balance between its lending and liquidity in order to better oversee its overall risk. Under the matched book method, an effort is made to keep assets and liabilities as closely in parity with each other as possible. That includes the amortization of assets. Matching is also done for the interest rates for assets and liabilities.
This means matching any fixed loans to fixed-rate assets, and also floating-rate loans to floating-rate assets. With floating-rate instruments, they would have to be set to coincide with the intervals for resets on interest rates.
A matched book methodology is a way of cutting down on spread risk, which is the potential for there to be a change in value between the expected price of a credit risk and the actual market price of credit risk. This can occur with riskier bonds.
In a different context, specifically in repo transactions, a matched book can take a different approach. Under this instance, a bank may leverage reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements to maintain what is called a matched book even though there might not be a balance. The bank might borrow at one rate and then lend at a higher rate so it might earn a spread and generate profits.
There can be even more examples of what is called matched book. A bank might trade repurchase agreements for the sake of covering short and long bond positions.
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