Category: Divergent Trilogy

Divergent movie

The Divergent movie is exactly what you expect out of a movie – the plot is more streamlined and a lot of the poorly explained bits work better, but they had to be papered over by standard cliches, and it starts a lot stronger than it finishes. The end result is not particularly interesting. (And since the no-plant-life thing was just an artifact of bad writing and this city is covered in green, I can’t even enjoy the question of wtf happened to mess the world up so badly.) The opening sections were great and an all-around improvement, though. (more…)

Free Four (Divergent)

Divergent actually contains a total of eight books at the moment due to the ebook cashgrab thing. Four of those take place before the rest of the books, so I’m not sure what they might have spoilers for and when they should be read, but one is a retelling of a scene that happened in the middle of Divergent, so I figured it’d be fair game.

Remember that knife scene? It’s time to hear what it was from Four’s POV! (more…)

Insurgent Ch2

Last time, they reached Amity. Come to think of it, Candor was probably the better bet. They’d care a lot about the truth of what happened and they’re capable of defending themselves.

Today we find out that, while it calmed her down and knocked her out, it failed to live up to the no nightmare part and she dreamed of yesterday. (more…)

Insurgent Ch8

I walk from tie to tie, Tobias balances on the rail, wobbling only occasionally, and Caleb and Susan shuffle behind us. I twitch at every unidentified noise, tensing until I realize it is just the wind, or the squeak of Tobias’s shoes on the rail. I wish we could keep running, but it’s a feat that my legs are even moving at this point.

Nothing contradictory in this passage, no sir. (more…)