Showing posts with label dystopia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dystopia. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Review: Divergent




Description : 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.
 


Review: Finally I have read this book after days of longing and curiosity.A big thanks to my friend who lend me this.

First of all,I learned many great things about this book. It's such a wonderful thing how this manage to make me realize all the virtues in life. For me this is not just another dystopian novel , because it's a pleasure reading this book.  It's also an easy read. Plus, this made me like and  want to have tatoos!  

The protagonist,Tris is  a fighter and a leader. The world where  she lives values the different virtues way too much, thus group the same  people who values each virtue altogether . I somehow envy that kind of world where everything is organized. But of course, it's dystopia where  everything is controlled,so forget the words I said earlier.

Many people said that this is like Hunger Games. But for me, it's definitely not. Let's just  say HG is much violent. All in all, this is a great book! I can't wait to read its sequel Insurgent.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Book I'm dying to read: Divergent




I found out  about this book Divergent by Veronica Roth through internet. I was bloghopping about finding  some good books , eventually a link sent me in a blog where she recommend that this book is a must read. When I read its summary , I was amused and wanted to read it badly. As people say it's somehow similar to Hunger Games, because it's also a dystopian novel. But many of them say that it's not , others say that  this is better.  Whatever people say,I just got more curious about it. Then there came a time that I was so sure of myself that I would definitely buy the book. But before that I posted a picture of it in facebook saying that I would buy this soon.   Luckily a friend of mine  has one, and let me borrow hers instead. Of course I got excited!  Hopefully I could borrow the book this week. Have the hopes up!

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For me, I find it very slow paced not until the climax. The climax was a boom!  I wasn’t expecting it ,that I stopped for a minute  and think of how it  greatly uplift my interest in reading some more. It was just wow! I didn’t really see that coming! In one part it did give a hint of what was  happening, but all my guesses were wrong. I like how this book made me love  plot about science and finding your identity. Not only did I enjoy some tidbits about science (in which I admit is my weakness) but I also learned many great things about valuing our humanity  . I was mindblown! That’s all I could say.