nicolejoy2194's review against another edition
5.0
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SERIES! Would highly recommend it to anyone. Lots of mystery, romance, suspense, danger, and more!
11rose25's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
glitterbomb47's review against another edition
2.0
I understand why the author used both Cassia's & Ky's point of view in this book, but it was a serious drawback because they sounded exactly the same. I did not believe for one second in Ky's narration because he didn't sound male in the slightest.
Also at times the book tried so hard to be lyrical that I laughed out loud. "The salt of his tears tastes like the sea and I don't see the shore." Come on.
BUT the book was interesting, entertaining, and a relatively solid follow-up to Matched.
Also at times the book tried so hard to be lyrical that I laughed out loud. "The salt of his tears tastes like the sea and I don't see the shore." Come on.
BUT the book was interesting, entertaining, and a relatively solid follow-up to Matched.
rebbemcc's review against another edition
2.0
After a third of the book, I skipped ahead and never looked back. Too bad it didn't matter, as I easily kept up with the story and was relieved that I didn't need to go back to what was becoming tiresome to slog through. Perhaps it's because I think the main characters were so boring, or perhaps because there was no action. Whatever. I don't know that I'll try the next one in the series.
saluki's review against another edition
3.0
Not the fast paced, action-packed middle book I'd expected.
Many readers do not like the poetry elements to the book, but it's one aspect of the writing I really like. That said, I'm still not feeling the Rage highlighted by Dylan Thoma's quotes... so I hope this is ramped up in Reached.
There is plenty of character development and many questions left unanswered as expected from the middle book. Surprising is the lack of Xander's presence after being so central in Matched. There is also a secret that is drawn out for a long while, but it's easy to predict and the reveal came as no surprise to me.
With Crossed I didn't experience the adrenalin fueled action present in recent Young Adult dystopians I've read, but the ideas are good so I want to know what happens in the end.
ddonovan20's review against another edition
3.0
I was really looking forward to this sequel in this series. Needless to say I feel like the book did not progress very much, or anywhere to that matter. I don't know if you have read the Harry Potter series or not but in the last book about half of the story was about camping and did not progress very fast. I relate it to this book because all they did was walk or run around the cavern.
I would have like to have seen Cassia and Ky get to the Rising and actually read about fighting the Society. Needless to say I was pretty disappointed in the book.
I will say the author changed the writing style a little bit in this book. She dedicated each chapter to either Cassia or Ky's point of view. Usually I like this style of writing, but eventually when the character's meet up in the story it goes back to just one person's point of view. To me, it kind of was annoying after a while. Hopefully the last book in this trilogy will be a little more to be desired.
I do feel bad that I am giving negative feedback, but this book had some good points, but mostly was boring in my opinion.
I would have like to have seen Cassia and Ky get to the Rising and actually read about fighting the Society. Needless to say I was pretty disappointed in the book.
I will say the author changed the writing style a little bit in this book. She dedicated each chapter to either Cassia or Ky's point of view. Usually I like this style of writing, but eventually when the character's meet up in the story it goes back to just one person's point of view. To me, it kind of was annoying after a while. Hopefully the last book in this trilogy will be a little more to be desired.
I do feel bad that I am giving negative feedback, but this book had some good points, but mostly was boring in my opinion.
calcaga003's review against another edition
1.0
Honestly I didn’t like it at all. Matched was a lot better.
kellymc03's review against another edition
1.0
not written like the last one and I did not enjoy this one in the least!
keruichun212's review against another edition
3.0
This was an easy read (I finished it in a couple of hours), so it was written well enough to keep me interested in the outcome and it moved smoothly enough, though sometimes shorter chapters threw me off as to who was speaking, but whatever. What I didn't enjoy about this book, or the previous book, for that matter, was the romance aspect of it. I mean, SPOILER: how could Indie fall in love with Xander without ever meeting him? That's not love, Ally, that's lust/wishful thinking. And how did Cassia fall in love with Ky? Such a profound, deep love that would get her to risk everything in order to find him again? And, while we're at it, there's a bit of a large plot hole where Cassia is not reclassified as Aberrant. Granted, there have been hints that the Society is cracking, but still. And...why do all these dystopian novels need to have a Rebellion that's possibly just as bad as the Society it's rebelling against? I yearn for stories like Star Wars. Where there's the bad guys, and the good guys. That all said, I am still curious how everything will end up. Though I'm gearing up for bitter disappointment (in order to up my chances of actually enjoying it.). To summarize: writing is fine, characters were not as interesting as the first book (with the exception of Vick, and Hunter), and the story was eh.
kaeliesreads's review against another edition
1.0
DNF
I did this because I saw the little synopsis on the back end I did not like it I also read the 1st book At the end it gives you a little bit about the next book I did not like the little bit that it gave me.
I did this because I saw the little synopsis on the back end I did not like it I also read the 1st book At the end it gives you a little bit about the next book I did not like the little bit that it gave me.