{"id":502,"date":"2014-03-08T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=502"},"modified":"2021-06-30T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:53:19","slug":"divergent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/divergent\/","title":{"rendered":"Divergent"},"content":{"rendered":"

During February’s YA Book Group meeting, we discussed the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and got an opportunity to watch an advance screening of the movie!<\/p>\n

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Basic facts:<\/p>\n

It’s a YA dystopian trilogy (well, how many YA dystopians are not trilogies? =)<\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.<\/a><\/p>\n

Divergent is the first in the series; Insurgent is book 2; Allegiant is book 3<\/p>\n

The movie stars Shailene Woodley and will be released in theaters March 21, 2014 (USA)<\/p>\n

What did we think? \u00a0–quick notes–<\/p>\n

The group’s average rating is 3.5. With the multitude of dystopian novels released after The Hunger Games<\/em>, *most* of us agree that this is one of the better ones… Although, we also thought the main character, Tris, was somewhat annoying, though it did not deter us from finishing the book.<\/p>\n

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We thought the movie was worth watching in theaters. \u00a0There were just a few minor details that disappointed, but it was generally well done. \u00a0Definitely much better than many other YA book adaptations the last couple of years. \u00a0In the opening scene of the movie, an abandoned ship was panned over–and none of us could remember why that was there…<\/p>\n

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Too brief? \u00a0Want more? \u00a0Join the discussion!<\/p>\n

Want to join the YA Book Group? \u00a0Our next discussion is on Apr. 30 for Legend<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Pasadena author\u00a0Marie Lu. \u00a0Need a copy of the book? \u00a0Let us know that you’re signing up for the book group and we’ll put a book group copy aside for you at the Children’s Desk. \u00a0(626) 744-4066, option 4, or email Jane at jgov@cityofpasadena.net<\/p>\n

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\"\"Find the book in our library: \u00a0Divergent<\/a><\/h3>\n

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For more teen book recommendations, please see our booklist:\u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.libguides.com\/teenbooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During February’s YA Book Group meeting, we discussed the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and got an opportunity to watch an advance screening of the movie!   Basic facts: It’s a YA dystopian trilogy (well, how many YA dystopians are not trilogies? =) Summary:\u00a0In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews","tag-book-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-86","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1216,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/more-summer-selections-teen-reviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":502,"position":0},"title":"More Summer Selections — teen reviews","author":"Jane Gov","date":"September 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Some favorites this past summer were the Divergent series,\u00a0Legend series, and classics! \u00a0Check out some teen picks below. \u00a0 Allegiant by Veronica Roth THE ENDING!! \u00a0Probably the most shocking ending to a book I have read ever. 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