Divergent!

The full Divergent trailer is here! :-)



I'm super excited (as you can probably tell)! I first read the book by Veronica Roth a few months ago and have read it 3 more times since then. I love, love, love it! I got interested in the young adult sci-fi/fantasy genre after reading The Hunger Games in May (yes, I know I'm a bit late). After finishing up that trilogy, I moved on to the Divergent trilogy, which has just been completed with Allegiant coming out in October. I fell in love with Divergent. 

Synopsis:

The story is set in a dystopian society of an isolated city many years in the future. The society developed a system in which each adult must choose a faction to support and to operate in. The factions were formed based on virtues believed to be most important for ridding the world of violence: selflessness, bravery, intelligence, honesty, and peacefulness. At age 16, each citizen undergoes a simulation test designed to reveal which faction the person has the greatest aptitude for. The teenager then gets to decide which faction he/she will join for life, often choosing the faction for which they have the highest aptitude. Tris, a 16 year old girl who is approaching her own "Choosing Day" tells her struggle of figuring out who she is and who she wants to be. 

There's a lot more to it, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet. :-)

What I love about the story:

The stubborn, tough tomboy in me would definitely choose Dauntless; it just seems fun. Also, I like tattoos. (I have 3 of my own.) However, nerd that I am, I'd most likely end up in Erudite. Still, I enjoy following Tris through her initiation journey in Dauntless. The thing I love most about her story is her determination to keep going, overcome difficult obstacles, and believe in herself. It was actually quite inspirational for me when I was (and am still kind of) going through a tough time. I read some of Roth's interviews about her book, and she mentioned having her own struggle with anxiety come through in Tris' story. I really resonated with that, dealing with anxiety myself. Tris' determination to keep going and to be brave reignited my motivation to overcome my own obstacles.