Allegiant by Veronica Roth
This is the third book in the Divergent Series.
This book really brought out the whole question of society and how it works or how it should work. The expectations we lay upon members of society and in what situations do we expect less and should we expect less or more.
I found myself comparing Roth's societal discourse to that within the Hunger Games trilogy (mostly because I just saw the movie Catching Fire). The worlds were similar in that there was a controlling government that was monitoring the activity of the controlled. In the Hunger Games, the people of the Districts knew they were being monitored and controlled. In this trilogy, the people of Chicago are in ignorance of the reality of their situation. There are cities mentioned who know they are monitored and controlled and their societal structure is much more broken and dissolute than that within the walls of former Chicago.
I found this book, and the series, entertaining and thought provoking. I think it would be a good avenue for discourse with young adults about society and the expectations that we place on ourselves and others in order to live and function within society. This series didn't have the rated R psychological twisty-ness of the Hunger Games nor was is as violent so I think it will have a broader audience.
There is one more book in the series which is Four: A Divergent Collection. This gives us a more in depth look at Tobias Eaton aka Four and why he is the way he is. I am fine skipping this one although I'm sure it will be an entertaining read as the others have been. Roth also has a series of Divergent Short Stories. I think I've lived in this world of her long enough and I'm ready to move on.
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Insurgent
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Tris, formerly known as Beatrice, and her boyfriend Four are at the heart of the second book in the Divergent series. They join forces with members of Abegnation and later some of their Dauntless family in order to battle the mind-control invasion of Erudite.
A war has begun within the walls. Other than the woman who orchestrated the whole thing, only one man is certain why it happened, everyone else is speculating. That one man has proven himself to be cruel and untrustworthy. Four will absolutely not listen but Tris thinks that despite his flaws, he may just be telling the truth. In the meantime, they must try to stay alive and save as many others as they can.
While they stay with the Amity group outside the walls, Tris realizes why she could never be part of their faction. Their happy peacefulness is so contrary to her nature that she must leave before she explodes. When they seek refuge with Cantor, their black and white way of seeing the world is both refreshing and painful. Revelations of truth cause a strain in the relationship between Tris and Four. Being young in a young relationship, they aren't quite sure how to handle absolute honesty.
Four decides to ally himself with his estranged mother and her group of Factionless. Tris is increasingly weary of her agenda and finds herself an ally with Four's cruel father in attempt to reveal what the leader of Erudite started a war to keep hidden. As Four and Tris grow more familiar with the attributes and flaws of each faction, they become more certain that a world of factions is no way to live. The way they each seek a new world could tear them apart forever or the truth of it all could bind them like nothing else could.
Tris, formerly known as Beatrice, and her boyfriend Four are at the heart of the second book in the Divergent series. They join forces with members of Abegnation and later some of their Dauntless family in order to battle the mind-control invasion of Erudite.
A war has begun within the walls. Other than the woman who orchestrated the whole thing, only one man is certain why it happened, everyone else is speculating. That one man has proven himself to be cruel and untrustworthy. Four will absolutely not listen but Tris thinks that despite his flaws, he may just be telling the truth. In the meantime, they must try to stay alive and save as many others as they can.
While they stay with the Amity group outside the walls, Tris realizes why she could never be part of their faction. Their happy peacefulness is so contrary to her nature that she must leave before she explodes. When they seek refuge with Cantor, their black and white way of seeing the world is both refreshing and painful. Revelations of truth cause a strain in the relationship between Tris and Four. Being young in a young relationship, they aren't quite sure how to handle absolute honesty.
Four decides to ally himself with his estranged mother and her group of Factionless. Tris is increasingly weary of her agenda and finds herself an ally with Four's cruel father in attempt to reveal what the leader of Erudite started a war to keep hidden. As Four and Tris grow more familiar with the attributes and flaws of each faction, they become more certain that a world of factions is no way to live. The way they each seek a new world could tear them apart forever or the truth of it all could bind them like nothing else could.
Divergent
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Some sort of horrific war has occurred. Chicago has a wall around it. There is a gate in the wall and the lock is on the outside. Everyone inside the wall lives in one of four factions. A fifth faction lives outside the wall.
Beatrice is sixteen years old and today is the biggest day of her life. She has grown up in the faction Abegnation in which the members give selflessly to others in time and service. She will undergo an aptitude test which will tell her in which faction she belongs. She then gets to choose and decide if she will follow the advice of the test or go into another faction. The one thing she absolutely doesn't want is for the test to be inconclusive. If that were to happen, she would be Divergent.
This is an engaging story. Beatrice is like-able and believable as a sixteen year old girl who has grown up struggling to be selfless. She sometimes behaves stupidly but so do all sixteen year old people. This is a story about a girl growing into her own, coming of age in a dystopian world full of turmoil.
This book has been made into a movie and I am looking forward to seeing if the movie does justice to the story.
Some sort of horrific war has occurred. Chicago has a wall around it. There is a gate in the wall and the lock is on the outside. Everyone inside the wall lives in one of four factions. A fifth faction lives outside the wall.
Beatrice is sixteen years old and today is the biggest day of her life. She has grown up in the faction Abegnation in which the members give selflessly to others in time and service. She will undergo an aptitude test which will tell her in which faction she belongs. She then gets to choose and decide if she will follow the advice of the test or go into another faction. The one thing she absolutely doesn't want is for the test to be inconclusive. If that were to happen, she would be Divergent.
This is an engaging story. Beatrice is like-able and believable as a sixteen year old girl who has grown up struggling to be selfless. She sometimes behaves stupidly but so do all sixteen year old people. This is a story about a girl growing into her own, coming of age in a dystopian world full of turmoil.
This book has been made into a movie and I am looking forward to seeing if the movie does justice to the story.
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