In beautiful first person narrative, the main character Cassia (kă-shuh) relates her adherence to, and then gradual falling away from, this society as certain events transpire and overlap through the course of the book. The setting of Matched is a future utopian/dystopian society where most aspects of a person's life are determined for them, like their meals, their job, and who they will be matched, or married, to. I had the great opportunity of meeting Ally on several occasions when I lived in Utah (you can read about a couple my experiences here and here) and she is one of the nicest, most down-to-earth people you could ever meet, and her writing style is concise and elegant. Matched (2010) is the first book of the New York Times bestselling Matched Trilogy by young adult author Ally Condie. Life is just a slice of cherry pie, but getting euthanized is the pits.
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