Summer Reading

                Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, was my favorite book that I read over the summer. Once I finished it, I immediately searched for the next book, Insurgent, and read it in a matter of hours. Veronica Roth has a great style of writing that made it nearly impossible to put either of the books down, especially once the introductions were done and you felt like you were actually in the book. Then I looked for the third and final book, and was very disappointed and frustrated to discover that it will not be published until October 22^nd. While searching for the third book, I discovered that the movie is in the process of being made, so I am very excited to go see that. Hopefully the director has chosen good actors/actresses to play the major roles, because I loved the books and do not want the movie to ruin the series for me.

One aspect of the book that I especially liked was how Veronica Roth made the fear landscape seem fairly realistic. Sometimes it was hard to remember that everything that was on the pages at that point was only going on in their heads. Especially for the fairly realistic ones, such as when Tris and Tobias were in the box in Tobias’ fear landscape. That part, for me, in particular was difficult to remember that it was only in their imaginations. Also, I like the message that the book gives about how being different may seem to be a bad thing at first, but in reality, that is what makes each individual person special.