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. The black behind me doesn’t worry me; neither do the stars ahead.
Most of the opening lines I’ve seen so far have been good. This marks a stark departure from that.
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia goes up to see the person she’s matched with, and the screen is blank.
Last time on Matched.com, the matching was perfect and Cassia is the nicest character we’ve seen.
Last time on Matched.com, a second face appears on the screen!
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia worries that she’s maybe not really matched with Xander! So she keeps it a secret, continues holding his hand and doing other stuff that’ll get her in huge trouble if it turns out they aren’t matched.
Last time on Matched.com, she’s still matched to Xander and we learn more about Ky and the tablets.
Last time on Match.com, Cassia obsesses about the other boy and talks to her grandfather.
Last time on TotallyNotTheGiver, their society/the Society killed her grandfather for being old.
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia obsesses over Ky for no reason.
Last time, love interest bullshit and Cassia’s scared about the poems.
Last time, officials turn out to be petty, no one understands DNA, and Cassia continues to plot how to destroy the poems.
From everything I heard about this book, I assumed the matching plot was the basic story that everything else was added to. I’m starting to suspect it wasn’t. The original seems to be some sort of Giver/Fahrenheit 451 mashup, and then the author was told to stick Ky in there.
One of the things fiction can do is hold up a mirror to society. There doesn’t seem to be any sign of that here. Nor is it just a look at another society for the sake of it – everything about this society invites comparison to our own, but only to congratulate us for being better than them.
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia is spineless and finally destroys the poems.
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia keeps obsessing about Ky and we find out her family isn’t as law-abiding as they seem.
Last time on Matched.com, Cassia is nice and Ky continues to be a nuisance.