In
Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, 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 alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have
made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and
intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As
initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really
are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes
exasperating 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 unrest and growing conflict that threaten to
unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might
help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
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Noah, is this the book the new movie is based on, or is it the other way around? What did you think of the book? It sounds like a knockoff of The Hunger Games; is it?
ReplyDeleteYes, I also have heard from many people that Divergent is much like The Hunger Games. But I have also heard that it is very good, I would like to read it before I see the movie. It seems quite interesting, I loved The Hunger Games
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