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I have left this blog unkempt...as I was scrolling down, most of the pictures are either corrupted or the source deleted it or the music playlist is no longer available and stuff. Well I'm too lazy to take care of them. So let's just go to today's topic shall we :)
Yeaaaaaah!!!! So despite being in university with busy schedules, I managed to finish the divergent trilogy! Yay me!! Of course, as a result my memory is a bit hazy regarding the story line but hey, I finished it. I am not going to do a formal plot review, but I might just rant about it. You want formal plot review? Go wiki!!
Now let's start with book 1, Divergent.
This is where the story began (you don't say...). Our main character is a girl named Beatrice Prior. Oh before going into the story, let me give you a simple background of the world Beatrice is living in. In her world/city, the people live according to their factions. So it's a dystopian society where people are categorized to different groups. Somehow this reminds me of the Class Theory in my General Theory of State subject. MOVING ON, people are given the choice to choose their own groups, or in this world it called factions. That time comes when they are old enough. They also are given the aptitude tests so they can kind of clear out which faction they would fit them best. Beatrice comes from an Abnegation family, but there was something different with her aptitude test result. She does not belong to just one of the factions, therefore, she is a divergent.
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Beatrice's family was proven to be quite influential in the Abnegation area and she, as well as her older brother, was expected to choose Abnegation as their faction as well. Guess what? SHE DID NOT. She chose the Dauntless faction. Maybe because she finds out that she's a divergent.
That's one hell of a badass choice she made I gotta admit. Her brother also chose the Erudite faction. These choices changed their life. Being a Dauntless now, Beatrice had to go to the Dauntless headquarters that is located in a different area than the Abnegation's. There she had to go through tests in order to not be a factionless, she was bullied, she almost died, and she met a guy. IN WHAT STORY does the main character not met their soulmate?! I'm not complaining...it's just so...you get what I mean.
When all is set and she went through all the badass stuff needed to be done in the Dauntless area, one night, all the Dauntless became sleepwalkers who goes to the Abnegation area and kill anybody they see. That escalated quickly?? Maybe because it's me telling the story. The Dauntless became sleepwalking ruthless soldiers because of the serum made by the Erudites(a.k.a geniuses) under the orders of their leader. Guess what though. Our heroine, Beatrice, and her boyfriend, Tobias (also known as Four) was not affected by the serum. Why you ask? Because they're divergents.
Skipping all the battles, they managed to stop the whole attack thing and runs away to the Amity faction with survivors to search for refuge. And then here comes the second book, Insurgent.
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And I just found this cute interpretation of the factions. Yay!
The second book focuses on Tris (Beatrice) and Four on their journey to finding out the truth. First they went to the Amity faction and finds out new facts. I will not list them all here. They also met a lot new people. Four actually came from an Abnegation family as well and his dad is am abusive Abnegation leader and his mom is the leader of the factionless. They also traveled to the Candor faction. FYI, the Candors are the really honest people that will say the truth right in your face no matter how much it hurts.
Then there goes another conflict where Tris was kidnapped, almost died, but saved. There was also some scenes of Tris and Four's romance. And in the end, they decided to go out of the city boundaries and finds out what's out there.
Book 3: Allegiant.
Here comes the final book! I am not gonna spoil much. Really. Trust me. They managed to go out of the city boundaries and founds out that their city is actually a part of a genetic experiment in order to find the perfect genes. So the researchers believed that people's behavior are determined from their genes and they need to find the perfect gene thus the perfect person. Their goal is to find the perfect person. Guess who is the person with the perfect genes?? Our heroine, Beatrice Prior.
Well it turns out things are not that happy go lucky either because there was some conflict between the researchers and some people who considered them as inhumane. There goes another fight. And another fight....
I am actually looking forward for the movie since there seems to be a lot of action.
And long story short, the story ends with everyone living in harmony together and they live happily ever after. Except for Four. I am just gonna spoil it until here ;)
The movie is coming out!!! On March 21st 2014. Lord I pray that during that time it won't be finals week. Please. Shailene Woodley would be playing Tris and Theo James would be playing as Four. HELL YEAH I'M EXCITED. Here are some trailers to feast your eyes on for now.
It's frikkin intense!!!
Well I can't wait for March! In the mean while, I shall continue my one month holiday reading other books. I am quite confused on what to read now though. I finished the first book of the Matched Trilogy; however, I didn't find it that interesting so I didn't continue reading the second book. I also stopped reading the Beautiful Creatures series. Never finished Robert Gailbraith's The Cuckoo's Calling. Instead I finished Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Started to read Eleanor & Park last night but didn't seem to be my cup of tea. Wanted to try Anna & the French Kiss but they say it's hardcore chick-lit. Maybe I'll try classics.
Well anyways, Christmas is coming! I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for reading~
Sincerely yours,
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