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Personal Blogger Moment I actually read this one rather quickly, so I'm hoping that means that my reader's block is gone. Also, I moved to college the week that I wrote out this review, so I might continue to read books but I am considering doing timed posts instead of posting right after I read. That way I have a steady flow of content and it'll be better for both you and me. So I'm kind of excited to share this one with you guys because Veronica Roth is one of my favorite authors and I think she has done an exceptional job with this series. What I Liked: First of all... The COVER IS GORGEOUS!!!!! I haven't been able to see the naked book because it's a library copy, so the sleeve is taped and you can't remove it, but I bet it's gorgeous too. 2.) The writing was amazing; it was so cleverly done for the most part. I just can't stop admiring Veronica Roth. She knows how to write amazing, captivating stories. Also, this book series is completely sci-fi, which is unlike the Divergent Series where it's at least still on Earth. So the amount of creativity it took to create the universe that the stories take place in is super high and so congrats to Veronica Roth for doing it!!! 3.) The beautiful, amazing, precious characters - so well thought out!!! They are so human. It's sometimes really hard to write realistic characters in a unique sci-fi universe, but Veronica pulled through and did an amazing job! She keeps them well balanced with weaknesses so that they aren't over our head heroes. We can feel them to an extent. 4.) All in all I loved this book. It was thrilling and kept me on my toes guessing. It wasn't too childish and it is definitely my genre/type of story. What I Didn't Like: 1.) At first I was confused. Mostly because it's been a while since I read the first book, so I was struggling to remember who characters were and what had happened in the last book, but eventually it all made sense as it came back to me. 2.) As a Christian, I try to be generally sensitive to what I read because of struggles with personal sins. And it's something I'm committed to being better at. I had a problem with the same-sex relationship between Cisis and Isae. At the same time though, they were secondary characters, so it wasn't like a huge deal and there weren't too many details, but it was still there. I also had a problem with the community referenced/a couple of characters who were neither male nor female. I know I might receive hate for this opinion...but I promised honesty so... you don't like it, don't follow my website or accounts. 3.) I hate P.O.V character changes because it confuses me a lot sometimes, but I understand how it was necessary to the plot so Imma chalk this one up to personal preference. Who Should Read This Book: It's sci-fi and YA, so mostly that age group I guess (15-25ish or anyone who loves sci-fi). And I would caution conservative/sensitive Christians because of the homosexual relationship and the non-binary characters. Also there's some violence and domestic abuse/emotional/mental abuse/manipulation. So it could be triggering to some people I guess, especially because most of the abuse was from the father. More About the Author: Veronica Roth, born in 1988, is a renowned novelist and short story writer of American origin. She is best known for her New York Time Best Seller trio that has also been adapted as high grossing movies of same titles. The trio was: Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant. The first book of the trilogy, Divergent, was also listed as the Favorite book of 2011 and 2012 by GoodReads. The book also won the Best Young Adult Fantasy and Fiction. Roth’s love for fantasy and science fiction motivated her to pursue her Linguistic studies in Creative Writing Program of Northwestern University. She was initially attending the Carleton college however, her love for creativity forced her to quit the college after first year and transfer herself to Northwestern University. It was during the winter vacations of Northwestern University that she wrote Divergent. Followed by phenomenal success of her first science fiction trio, she also wrote four spun off short stories that narrated the point of view of Tobias Eaton – protagonist of her famous novel. Currently, Veronica Roth is working on two young adult novels that are being sponsored and will be published by HarperCollins in 2017 and 2018. Meanwhile she is also anticipating the release of two films based on her last divergent series by the titles of The Divergent Series: Allegiant and The Divergent Series: Ascendant. Besides writing Veronica has a cute little Schnauzer that she posts a lot of pictures of on her very popular Instagram profile. She loves to travel especially visit the grand capitals of Europe, like Wonderful Copenhagen in fairytale Denmark, Amsterdam with its many beautiful canals, or the old capital of Germany, Berlin. Fun Links:
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