Generic Futuristic Waste of Time

I can see how people who read this might have been swept along with the dystopian mystery of “The Society” but listening to this book is a different matter entirely. The one note reading highlights all of the flaws in this story and the make the main character completely unlikable. The world building is vague at best and illogical at its worst. The authorities are stupid, the relationships contrived and forced, the characters one dimensional and unlikable (with cookie cutter “futuristic” names that clearly were not researched and only used because they sounded good). I struggled to keep listening to this because such a good concept, that of pairing people to mate based on statistics, was completely wasted on a story full of inconsistencies with infuriating missed opportunities! So, I’m not sure if you can tell, but I did not like it.

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Amazing!

This is one of my favourite books but this is my first time listening on audio. The narrator really does it justice and I was hooked even though I already know the story.

The story is so emotional and involving, and the characters are so believable. I love it.

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Thrillingly lovely. I hope for book two.

I loved this book. I look forward to book two. No red tablets for me. Go write.
Thank you Ally.

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Sweet but dull

It is romantic and at times thought provoking. Easy listening.

The narrator has a sweet yet monotone voice which didn't help warm me to the very basic lead character. Male voices performed in the story are quite cringe and took me out of it.

Not much happens in the story and unfortunately I am not compelled to read the next books.

I would recommend this to young readers. Perhaps 8-11 years old.

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good story

liked the book liked the characters. looking forward to the next 2 . didn't like the random music in it!

Has potential but mainly boring

This story has so much potential yet it's a let down. The characters are all pretty boring and the story starts well but my interest was lost half way through listening.

lovely told story

Very easy to listen to at a nice pace. An intriguing story told very well

Random sections of music kinda ruined it for me

I found the random sections with music in the background super distracting and completely irrelevant to the story line. other that is was ok.

OK story but lacking emotion

Easy listening but I found I did not feel any connection to the characters. Not sure if that was the story or the performance but something was lacking. The random bits of background music here and there were odd and felt quite cheesey.