tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post2036917176187960235..comments2024-01-07T02:13:14.908-05:00Comments on The Broke and the Bookish : On a Rereading of Divergent and InsurgentJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01772938036847330151noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-7140398530695558592013-04-06T23:12:49.404-04:002013-04-06T23:12:49.404-04:00OMG! I love Divergent so much!!! I'm in Love w...OMG! I love Divergent so much!!! I'm in Love with Four/Tobias. He is my dream man!!! I recommend reading Divergent and Insurgent before the movies come out. Don't get me wrong, I liked The Hunger Games, but I got really bored by like the third chapter in the third book. Please read Divergent and Insurgent!!! I promise you wont regret it! Tris and Tobias FOREVER!!! <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-48978140535886889302013-04-01T17:49:57.292-04:002013-04-01T17:49:57.292-04:00Totally agree with all of the above. Hunger Games ...Totally agree with all of the above. Hunger Games were my first dystopian and I do love them but I read Divergent straight after and they defo were the reason I fell in love with dystopian and YA and them combined. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-50875779960810513972013-03-29T22:35:02.472-04:002013-03-29T22:35:02.472-04:00My friends have reprimanded me for liking Divergen...My friends have reprimanded me for liking Divergent better than THG but seriously, it was way more interesting for me! They aren't having any of that though. Though I agree the romance was so incredibly cliche, Tobias is the bomb dot com (!!!) and I love him forever. Again, my friends don't see how I could possibly love this guy, but then again, what do they know? ;)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860018030056290291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-91450341262855428802013-03-29T21:21:26.842-04:002013-03-29T21:21:26.842-04:00I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said! I...I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said! I haven't re-read either book yet but I'm incredibly fuzzy on the details so I'll definitely need to read Insurgent if not both books before the third is released.Stephanie @ Once Upon A Chapterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668989877752439249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-2982373523270323862013-03-29T11:52:09.760-04:002013-03-29T11:52:09.760-04:00I liked Insurgent because there was a lot of expos...I liked <i>Insurgent</i> because there was a lot of exposition, which is something I love. World-building is something I don't generally have a lot of patience for in fantasy novels, but I love it in dystopian books because I like knowing what the impetus was. I agree it moved slowly though, and felt like there wasn't a lot of major action. (Lots of minor action, though.)Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496106578261831965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-23999592240989918102013-03-28T23:04:30.569-04:002013-03-28T23:04:30.569-04:00I love these books! I am so looking forward to all...I love these books! I am so looking forward to all things V.Roth this fall and next year with the movie. This is the book I recommend to everyone, YA readers, or not. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">~Sabrina@iheart y.a.fiction</a>Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651789435231230905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-79284679464237731842013-03-28T21:25:17.482-04:002013-03-28T21:25:17.482-04:00I haven't read it yet!! AAHH! So excited to, t...I haven't read it yet!! AAHH! So excited to, though. I also don't like it that dystopians require a romance. No, they don't! So annoying. But I still like hot guys XDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-23010981200146623082013-03-28T00:25:20.420-04:002013-03-28T00:25:20.420-04:00AMEN!AMEN!Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544522373726447697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-12320272932154907792013-03-27T23:26:27.239-04:002013-03-27T23:26:27.239-04:00I really liked the way you broke down your initial...I really liked the way you broke down your initial reactions vs. your re-read reactions--though I find it interesting that while I really liked Divergent and loved Insurgent, I'm the opposite on some of your points. I don't know if I *like* Tris more than Katniss as a character, but I will say that she annoys me less, which is surprisingly not normally the same thing when it comes to book characters for me. I liked Katniss' characterization and Suzanne Collin's writing better, I think--I found it more subtle, whereas I enjoyed the action of Divergent more and felt the plot moved forward faster. Though I love Four/Tobias, I have to say I'm still very partial to Peeta. Stormy @ Book.Blog.Bake.http://bookblogbake.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-35895673978627173482013-03-27T22:36:03.557-04:002013-03-27T22:36:03.557-04:00I agree with you on all fronts! I immediately like...I agree with you on all fronts! I immediately liked Divergent better than Hunger Games and I loved Tris and Four. Four is still one of my favorite book boyfriends. :-) I loved Veronica's writing style and how well written the plot was. I have read both books twice too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-65270982303962615132013-03-27T22:25:50.670-04:002013-03-27T22:25:50.670-04:00I really loved Divergent, but I wasn't totally...I really loved Divergent, but I wasn't totally thrilled with Insurgent. I thought it moved so slowly and not much happened! Maybe I'll have to give them a reread before the last one comes out ... maybe that'll excite me for the series!Kristilyn (Reading In Winter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12401451485460760416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-87206997620187864402013-03-27T18:50:10.677-04:002013-03-27T18:50:10.677-04:00I'm definitely in agreement that Divergent is ...I'm definitely in agreement that Divergent is better than The Hunger Games. I devoured Divergent and Insurgent one weekend :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745765311714494985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-32402617268502297022013-03-27T15:12:39.392-04:002013-03-27T15:12:39.392-04:00Great post, I really like the points you're ma...Great post, I really like the points you're making. I would say that I like Divergent better than The Hunger Games (book 1), but Insurgent kind of lost me a little and I loved Catching Fire. So I guess I'm going to have to wait for book 3 before I decide which series I like better.<br /><br />And I loved Four so much more than I loved Peta or Gale. Brooding isn't normally my thing, but I love guys with tattoos :)Maggie @ Just a Couple More Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985730765196316941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-65805080091913863632013-03-27T14:19:37.882-04:002013-03-27T14:19:37.882-04:00I don't normally read YA or dystopian, but I&#...I don't normally read YA or dystopian, but I've seen the Roth books everywhere that they're always in the back of my mind. But I don't think I would ever care to read Hunger Games, but might at some point when I have nothing left to do and have already washed my hair I just might watch the movie.BurtonReview https://www.blogger.com/profile/15113347274782450564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-24295746892626723382013-03-27T12:02:41.884-04:002013-03-27T12:02:41.884-04:00I've read Divergent but haven't made it ar...I've read Divergent but haven't made it around to Insurgent yet.. I've heard it's not quite as awesome as the first one. Either way I'll still read it and I figure I'll read it shortly before the release of the final book in the series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964968798310433317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-13974489162369750592013-03-27T10:45:56.997-04:002013-03-27T10:45:56.997-04:00Thanks for the recommendation - I like dystopia, Y...Thanks for the recommendation - I like dystopia, YA, *and* serials! I've put these on hold at the library! Blush and Barbellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466529771940384972noreply@blogger.com