Showing posts with label veronica roth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veronica roth. Show all posts

Monday, June 5, 2017

Book Review: Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

AUTHOR: Veronica Roth
PUBLISHED: July 8, 2014
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins
PAGES: 208
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Series
SOURCE: Bought
CHALLENGES: None
OUTLINE:
Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless hierarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future—and the future of the entire faction system.

Two years later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. 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.

MY THOUGHTS
I really enjoyed the Divergent series, and who am I kidding I loved Four so to have a book with collections from his perspective is awesome. We get to go back two years before Tris, before he became Four.

THE TRANSFER
The Transfer shows us who Tobias Eaton from Abnegation was, and why he chose Dauntless as the faction he felt he could belong to. I have always loved Four and how strong he was and how he has  this vulnerable side (even though we barely see it.) In the beginning of transfer we see Tobias as a weak, cowering son. It really isn't so shocking when we learn about his father and what Tobias dealt with through his life. Somewhere through all this he vows to get out, and come the choosing ceremony that's exactly what he does. It is in this moment that we see him begin to grow. He is the first abnegation-dauntless transfer in a decade. We get to meet Amar who at the time is the dauntless transers instructor, and who sees Tobias and his fears and he gives the name Four to him.

THE INITIATE
He may have been born in abnegation, but he is Dauntless. The initiate shows Four journey through the process

THE SON
In the Son four get one big suprise, and if you have read insurgent then you know that his mother isn't really dead, and this is the story that tells it. Also he is picked out from the initiates to train to become a Dauntless leader, but soon learns that it's not something he wants to be. Four is rebellious where ever he is, and he wont conform to any rules this comes through by a tattoo he gets. (if you've seen the movie Divergent then you know it's the tattoo with all the factions)

THE TRAITOR
In traitor we get to see four as the transfers instructor, and we get to see how he views Tris. I really like this part because we know what Tris feels when she meets him, and learns about who he is. Now we get to see how he reacts to her. We get to see what other things he was doing while Tris was becoming part of Dauntless. He's not only an instructor he also works in the control room

EXCLUSIVE SCENES 
These are exclusive scenes from Fours perspective.

"First Jumper---Tris!"

"Careful, Tris."

"You look good, Tris."

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorites..I can't just choose one


Hi everybody! How's everyone's week been going? 


 If you want to see all the other top ten post head on over to The Broke and the Bookish.
Todays topic is all time favorites from the past 3 (or 5 years)
These are in no particular order...
  1. Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog #1)

  2. Divergent (Divergent #1)


  3. Nevermore (Nevermore #1)

  4. Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1)

  5. Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1)

  6. Never Eighteen

  7. The Murder Complex (The Murder Complex #1)

  8. The Program (The Program #1)


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

AUTHOR: Veronica Roth
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Childrens Books
PAGES: 489
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Series (Divergent Book1)
SOURCE: Bought
CHALLENGES: Debut Author
OUTLINE:
Beatrice "Tris" Prior has reached the fateful age of sixteen, the stage at which teenagers in Veronica Roth's dystopian Chicago must select which of five factions to join for life. Each faction represents a virtue: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite. To the surprise of herself and her selfless Abnegation family, she chooses Dauntless, the path of courage. Her choice exposes her to the demanding, violent initiation rites of this group, but it also threatens to expose a personal secret that could place in mortal danger. 

MY THOUGHTS:
I'm getting so use to the idea of Dystopians lately. I'm finding that I like them the more I read different ones. I use to be kind of on the fence on whether or not I liked them because so many get compared to The Hunger Games, and I wasn't able to enjoy that one so I kind of decided to not read them, but after reading enclave, and now this. I'm almost over the fence to the side of  loving dsytopians. So hopefully, that stays true when I read Matched, Fast-Tracked, Across the Universe, All these things I've done, Those that Wake, The Limit, Wither (which I don't have right now) I guess it's just something about seeing our world altered to the worse possible scenario. I truly loved this book, and can not for wait for Insurgent to come out. There's not to much to say about the world its self that the synopsis doesn't say. It's divided in to 5 factions: Dauntless (brave), Candor (Honesty), Abnegation (selfless), Amity (peaceful), Erudite (Intelligent), and then you have the factionless (homeless).

I loved Veronica Roth's Writing and world-building and characters. I'm telling you I'm in Dystopian Love right now!

The story never seemed to lag, or got tiresome to me. I was always wanting more of it and I wanted to find out what happened next to Tris and Four because let's face it something is bound to happen no? I'm not huge on books that take forever to get started because of explaining and what not, and Divergent definitely delivered on that part it took no time at all for me to understand. It had it's moments where I wanted to cry. You're with these characters on their journey to becoming something, and then it's just gone. -insert ahhh here- I think maybe one thing that bothered me is we never really know what's beyond those fences...what's beyond this post-what not Chicago. Will we learn in the other books. I guess will see.

Characters are always one of my favorite parts of any book because we can easily get attached to them like I said above. If written the right way we feel what they feel. We get to see them grow as people. We get to laugh when they laugh, hurt when they hurt, just feel what they feel, and it's just awesome. I loved Tris at first she started off (like most other main characters) a little awkward and not so sure of who she was, but as soon as she jumped that train I knew we would have a kick-ass heroine. Did she doubt who she was, and who she would become? Yes, but that's part of any good heroine in my opinion. She is right next to my hands down fave Female Herione, Rose of Vampire Academy, and trust me when I say that is a high place to be. :) Four, what can I say about him that hasn't already been said 1000 times plus. He was a great guy. He was a complete mystery for sometime until he opened up and showed us his vulnerable side. He wasn't some crazed-jealous type either. Thank you Veronica for writing him that way. It does get a little annoying to have these hot, but crazy jealous guys with these somewhat insecure females. Caleb, who is Tris' brother we learned a little about him, but not much so I'm interested to see what kind of part he'll have in the next books. The kids who befriended Tris when all the others simply called her Stiff, and thought she wouldn't amount to anything. You guys rock. (even with the little jealousy you had).

Oh, I totally get the cover now to the book. It's definitely a big part of it. :)

I learned so much in this story, yet I feel like I could have learned a lot more so I'm eagerly awaiting Insurgent which is do out in 2012.

QUOTES:
-A fraction of an inch of a mistake, half a second of hesitation, and my life is over.-Tris
-It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.-Tris

FUN STUFF:
Facebook Fan Page (What Faction are you? I was candor.)
The Divergent Trilogy Site

CymLowell

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Waiting on Wed: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent (Divergent Book 2) by Veronica Roth
Publication May 12,2012
Why: OMG! You guys if you have not read the first book. Stop. Buy it (if you don't own it) Read it. If you own it, and haven't read it...then read it now. Seriously, Divergent is that awesome! I was a little hestiant. I'm sitting on the fence with Dystopians, but I'm slowly being pushed to the side of they are awesome. Sorry this is a waiting on post not a review. (which I will have up of Divergent soon.) I CAN NOT wait for this book. May seems so long away. I want to be back in the world with Four and Tris. Tris is definitely one of the more kick ass heroines I've read. That is saying a lot because I'm very picky about my female/lead characters. I can't wait to see how she grows from what she was/is.  This is high on my want/wish list now. I can't believe it took me this long to read the first.

This has nothing to do with the book, but have you seen some of the interviews with the author. I loved watching them. I enjoyed the way she answered the questions, and just the way she presented herself. I wouldn't mind going to a signing of hers sometime.

Oh, I did the little test on facebook to see where I would be put. I got Candor. Which I find really odd. I would have a hard time always telling the truth. Then again I'm sure I could pick for myself what Faction I would want to be in.Go here for the Facebook Fan page and look to the left and it says faction quiz. If you do it let me know what you get.
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