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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Review of Divergent: Chapter One

I will be doing something a little different with this book. Instead of spending months trying to fight for time to sit down with a book and then write a three paragraph review about it, I will instead read a chapter or two (depending on how long they are) and blog about my reaction to the chapters. So there will be SPOILERS here.
Of course, I am "stealing" this style of blogging from a comedic writer from Spark Notes who has written some hilarious blogs about the Twilight and the Harry Potter series. I am doing this to keep myself motivated to make time to read a book that seems like one I will really enjoy.
I saw the movie trailer and it looks like a story that's in the same ballpark as the Hunger Games. It's young adult, there's a strong, independent female lead, there's a big government who controls every aspect of its citizens' lives, and the lead female becomes the leader of the rebellion against the government.
Every since the Revolutionary War, we Americans can't get enough of stories about the underdog giving the finger to the big, bad, overbearing government officials and succeeding in overthrowing them and knocking them off their high-horse. I would say it's a proud American tradition.