Dystopian Reads

I don't know why, but lately I've been reading a lot of books that are about dystopian societies, and they've been all really good.  Hunger Games was the beginning and now I can't get enough.

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My friend told me about a trilogy written by Alie Condie (also a BYU graduate) that sounded like it was right up my alley (complex plot with a love triangle), and it did not disappoint.  Here's a brief description:

"In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.  Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s barely any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one . . . until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion."

I enjoyed the second book as well.   Crossed had some mixed reviews, because some people thought that after the amazing first book the second was a bit of a disappointment, but I read them back to back, so it was almost like one continuous book for me.  There wasn't any waiting, so I liked it just fine.  The last book in the trilogy comes out in November and I can't wait!!

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Another trilogy I enjoyed started with Truesight.  We read it for Book Club this month.  Here's a brief description:

"Everyone in Jacob's colony is born blind. It has always been this way. They embrace the philosophy of Truesight: Blindness brings unity, purity, and freedom. It is an exceptional community. Everyone is happy. As Jacob nears his thirteenth birthday, he anxiously anticipates his new role as an adult and all the changes that will bring. But as the day approaches, a far greater change threatens Jacob's future. It all starts with a searing pain in his eyes..."

I really liked the first book; I definitely liked it the best of the three books in the trilogy.  I'm not a huge science fiction person, so the third book was a little much for me, but I was invested enough in the characters that I read all of it.

My sister recently read Divergent, also a dystopian book, and I'm curious to read it, because I heard it's really good.  Anyone else read it?  I wonder why we have such a fascination with dystopian societies.  Do we worry it will happen to us or is it nice to pretend that our existence is so much better (even if it's not)?  Either way they are very fascinating reads when written so masterfully.