Divergent: Different

   I have read the first book of the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. At first I thought it far too similar to Suzanne Collins Hunger Games trilogy: Based sometime in the future. The government was corrupt so sections of people were created. The protagonist is a teenage girl that hardly knows anything about what is going on. With those similarities, the rest is all different and more to my liking. 

    What were not very much appreciated from a Christian view was the all the killing and deaths. Some of it I realized was unavoidable, some of the deaths actually happen in real life now a days and can be understandably put in. However when there is a gun in a fourteen year old girls hand, shooting people, I cringe. Some of the deaths she caused I believe could have been avoidable, thus sparking my dislike.
   My second disapproving remark would be the kissing. Lots of lovey-dovey kissing whenever possible, that I am sure could have been left out.
   Now on to the good stuff.
   I did approve -to my surprise- the love interest. At first I thought the inevitable love triangle would appear, but Miss Veronica snatches that away quickly. The love interest between out protagonist "Tris" and an older boy called Four, do not spend an annoyingly long time figuring out they like each other. So besides all the smooching it was rather touching to see-I mean read. 

   My second compliment would be for the protagonist Tris, as she is called. She is not overly beautiful or tall. She is just like any normal girl. She knows she is not perfect (Not just in looks) and that she is hard to deal with, making her a character a lot of girls can enjoy and relate to.
   Lastly I would like to say cheers to the creator of this world, Veronica Roth. Unlike the Hunger Games which looked to be sloppily put together, Miss Veronica delved deeper. I learned that she actually studied in college to be a creative writer, which gave her the writing style and skills something to appreciate.
  

 On a side note coming from a regular classic books reader I would say Veronica Roth has been one of the best popular modern writers I have read that I really enjoy, and I look forward to reading the next two books in the Divergent cycle, Insurgent and Allegiant. 

     Thanks for reading.