Years in the future, war and violence ravage the Chicagoland area. Fences rise around the border and the people behind the walls were divided into five factions, each faction holding values they believe should be the most important in life.
There is the Abnegation who believe in selflessness; Erudite, who believe in a search for knowledge; Candor, who believe in honesty above all; Amity, who believe in peace, love and laughter; and finally Dauntless, who believe in bravery above all things.
This story follows a young girl named Beatrice.
Her tale starts when she leaves for school the morning of her placement test.
The test is given to help young teens make the decision on what faction they wish to be a part of for the rest of their life.
During her placement test Beatrice was found to be a Divergent; a person who does not fit in to just one faction.
If having second thoughts about what faction she was going to join wasn’t hard enough, Beatrice had this to deal with too.
With a quick and final judgment, she decided to leave her life behind and follow her heart.
Divergent piqued my interest when I found the movie trailers online. The instant I started to read it, however, I was hooked.
I guarantee that if you loved the Hunger Games trilogy, you will love Divergent.
With intense drama and heartwarming scenes, this easily became one of my favorite books.
From what the trailers have shown, the screenplay is going to be just as good.
The action and suspense is going to be leaving me at the edge of my seat, even if I know what’s going to happen next.
One of the cooler aspects of the book, to me, is the fact that it is based in downtown Chicago.
It’s kind of fun to read a paragraph describing the setting and understanding exactly where everything is.
The movie looks suprisingly well casted. Each character seemes to have walked right off the pages.
The only issue I had with any of the casting was for one of the Dauntless instructors who doesn’t exactly have the correct amount of facial peircings.
Although many movie adaptations butcher their written counterparts, this film looks like it will be great.
I highly recommend this book series to anyone who loves drama and post-apocalyptic worlds.
Add it to your reading list and look for it in theaters next month!
Kristen Mabry
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