I feel like everyone on the planet has read this book, so I’m not sure what else I can add to the discussion. We all know the story by now: a dystopian Chicago, teenagers who have to choose their faction – and their future as well, the brave young girl who goes against the grain, the realization that we may not all fit in to one neat little box, the older mentor she sort of falls in love with, the sacrifices of the parents. I […]
If everyone belonged to only 1 of 5 categories, which would you be? NONE because that’s ridiculous.
Here’s the next big YA trilogy, the first book of which has already been released to the big screen. It has all the sexy elements a YA dystopian thriller needs to be successful…hot teenagers (going off of the movie trailer a bit on this one)…Ok, wait. Did I just say “hot teenagers”?!? Creepy. I’m way too old to be saying things like that. (I was going to put “waaaaaaaay too old” but no, I’m just “way” too old). Which brings me to my next point, […]
One Choice Will Define You…Or Make You Fall Asleep From Boredom
Allegiant is the last novel in the Divergent young adult trilogy. I picked up the series after a friend told me it was similar to The Hunger Games. Yes, the series are quite similar. Both trilogies are set in America’s near future, after a war of some sort. Both feature heavy handed governments and arbitrarily divided citizens. And of course, both feature a young teen heroine who is just a little bit different or “special” than everyone else. I really enjoyed the first book in Divergent series. It was […]
I Pledge Allegiants
The now standard (twice is a standard, right?) disclaimer applies: as this is review of the third book in a trilogy, I’ll probably be talking about the first two. “Divergent is the next big thing in YA fiction!” they told me. “Go read something with another kickass female protagonist once you’re done with The Hunger Games! ” they encouraged. Let’s face it, even from the beginning this was just Veronica Roth smashing The Giver into the sorting hat and calling the resulting mess a trilogy. In Divergent, we’re introduced to […]