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The first new initiate who jumps into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again. Divergent Wiki Explore. Books Divergent Insurgent Allegiant.

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Allegiant Book Three. Book Main article: Divergent The first book of the trilogy was released on April 25, Film Main article: Divergent film. And it's those little mistakes by Roth to add mystery and suspense that completely break the world she has created.

As far as trends go, the run of teenage dystopias hasn't been all that long. It only seems that way because Hunger Games and Divergent have been running series at almost exactly the same time. We've spent about the same amount of time with dystopias at this point as we did with vampires and werewolves in the wake of Twilight. As such, the teen literature landscape is due for a change. Two potential crazes are just now emerging in young adult fiction. There are a slew of John Green-esque books about quirky characters living in emotionally tumultuous lives.

A Fault in Our Stars was such a beloved, high-selling, and gripping novel that it's no surprise that imitators are starting to pop up. Bring on the bold teenage cops, forced to choose between two incredibly mysterious and sexy robbers. If you haven't read the books or seen the first movie, definitely not. The Rotten Tomatoes score for Insurgent is only at 33 percent.

As my colleague Alex Abad-Santos wrote in his review:. It's as if the movie doesn't trust its talented ensemble cast to portray basic emotions or convey the characters' ambiguities The movie's writers clearly don't trust the audience to remember these cribbed SAT words.

Instead of letting an Erudite or Abnegation action speak for itself, those actions must also, like the characters' plans and feelings, be explained. That said, audiences do seem to be enjoying the movie giving it 71 percent on Rotten Tomatoes , so if you're already a Divergent superfan, there are worse ways you could spend your Saturday than with Shailene Woodley.

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Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior in the first Divergent movie Lionsgate Author Veronica Roth was still in college when she sold the story of a dystopian Chicago and a girl finding her place in a world that tried to tell her who she was.

Here's a primer to the series for those who haven't had time to read it just yet. What is Insurgent? What is the Divergent series about? We can summarize this in two sentences: Divergent is a series about a society divided among assigned factions and and a girl who doesn't fit into any of them. What are the factions? OK, OK. I know how this genre works. Who's the love interest? Kate Winslet plays the Erudite villain in the movies.

Lionsgate What's the conflict in this series? Is this like The Hunger Games at all? Pretty popular. When the third book Allegiant was released in October of , it set a first-day selling record for Harper Collins Insurgent also debuted at no. Insurgent stars share an intimate moment Lionsgate Is the series any good?

Lionsgate Will the dystopian young adult fiction craze ever end? The teen literature landscape is due for a change Two potential crazes are just now emerging in young adult fiction.

She wrote from a religious perspective throughout her time at Northwestern, and some critics read Divergent through this framework. In the book, Tris mentions being baptized as a child and implies that she believes in God, suggesting she is Christian. She also notes that certain scenes were inspired by songs by Flyleaf and Evanescence, both popular bands in the Christian rock community.

When Roth first started Divergent , she intended to write about her idea of a utopia. However, she soon realized a world in which everyone strives to be perfect could actually be a troubling, even horrible place. The book thus turned into a dystopian novel, a popular genre in contemporary young adult literature.

Dystopian fiction engages with themes like self-discovery and the struggle against authority, making it a compelling format for many young readers. Both are set in futuristic societies. Both series feature capable teenage female protagonists who struggle against the restrictions society has placed on them as individuals. Roth wrote Divergent over winter break during her senior year at Northwestern and signed a book deal for a Divergent trilogy several months later.

Divergent was published in , and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant , appeared in and