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A strong heroine (flawed but triumphant), a hunky leading man (tough and kind), and all sorts of evil brewing in the post-apocolyptic world (Chicago!)make this a little formulaic AND also a fun read. I watched the movie on a trans-Atlantic flight ... very good representation of the book and a fun guilty pleasure.
A couple book chicks gave the suggestion to read it with the idea of looking for which quadrant you the reader would belong. That was somewhat helpful ... I wonder if the point of the book is that we are all kind of divergent.
my source: first heard about it at The Book Shelf in Madeira, Ohio whilst visiting my daughter. I asked the owner what YA she would recommend. That was almost a year ago ...
my verdict: good read
This one was just alright for me... but I thought the series actually got better (unlike Hunger Games), and I have heard the movie's excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the third book in the series right now. I agree that it's definitely formulaic and predictable, but also a quick, fun read. I'm looking forward to the second movie
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