Insurgent- Veronica Roth

This post is LONG overdue, but deserves to be written nonetheless. I want all of you to go out and buy both Diverent and Insurgent ASAP. Finish both books then sit around and wait for book three to come out, whenever it comes out... Veronica Roth's blog doesn't pin an exact date but, we do know it's going to come out eventually!

I bought Insurgent immediately after reading Divergent and I recommend you do the same. It is the second in this already planned YA Dystopian trilogy. As you know, I LOVEEEEE dystopias {The Hunger Games and The Selection :) } because they place me in a world I could have never imagined living in. I love the struggles that come with the society, but am fascinated with the role the main characters usually take in creating a better world for themselves and their future. 

Insurgent picks up right where Divergent ends. It is similar to Mocking Jay in The Hunger Games trilogy with the main similarity being the war waged against the man. I love reading about Tris and Four and I can honestly say I am dying for the third book to come out!

Here is Veronica Roth's synopsis of Insurgent:

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

It's been a while since I finished this book so, I am going to forgo the love and loathe section. I will, however, still rate it because I do remember just how much I liked it. Liked. It. So. Much. Definitely a must read, after you finish The Hunger Games and wonder what to do with your life. ;)

Edit: You may like to read my review on Insurgent also by Veronica Roth.

Divergent- Veronica Roth

I head about Divergent by Veronica Roth through some of my students. It is waitlisted at the public library, and I have a feeling it's going to be the next big thing. It is a dystopian young adult fiction {are you sensing a pattern?} with a female protagonist.

Here is the synopsis from Veronica Roth's Blog:

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves… or it might destroy her.

Loved:

• The class system by apptitude known as factions
• Names of different "factions"
• Story line kept me turning pages
• Romance that isn't a love triangle
• The essence of there being a bigger picture
• The fact that the book was engaging intellectually and superficially
• TRILOGY!

Loathed {disliked}:

• Violence for such young age groups
• The lack of understanding factions before they were to choose one

Overall I am obsessed with this book. I barely disliked any part of it. It kept me reading and wanting to know what was going to happen next. It reminds me a lot of The Hunger Games since it is dystopian and about the youths in a different USA than today.  The second book is called Insurgent, and I 'll have to admit I already finished it, loved it, & cannot wait to write about it! The third book is planned to come out next year, and I am dying to read it.This book is highly recommended! GO AND READ IT!

On a different note, here is next school year's booklist for my reading club. We decided to read "classics" this time around.What should I do for my free read???

·         To Kill a Mockingbird

·         The Great Gatsby

·         Catcher in the Rye

·         Of Mice and Men or The Pearl

·         And Then There Were None

·         Free read of your choice

Speaking of The Great Gatsby, the movie comes out in December! It is directed by the man who gave us Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet {The one with Clare Danes and Leonardo DeCaprio}

I'll leave you with this:

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