A Rare Movie Review

Divergent
by Veronica Roth
(to see my thoughts on the book click here)

Just a quick note to say I loved this movie.  Last week was our spring break and my son and I saw it twice.  I just loved the way the art director transformed Chicago.  I couldn't get enough of the imagery presented of my favorite American city's future.  They did a great job of being true to the story and the pace of the movie made me want to read the next book in the series, Insurgent.  Unfortunately the novel hadn't compelled me to do the same.

If you find you have an evening free, check it out!

CALS post: Divergent

Divergent
by Veronica Roth

Divergent falls into the fiction genre called dystopian.  This genre is defined by books that are set in a time or place where the conditions of life are extremely bad, because of things like deprivation, oppression, or terror.   In my day there were two greats, Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, though I think we just called them science fiction.  I must say that as a teenager I loved these books as much as I do today.  Reading 1984 was really strange for me as I read it in the year 1984 as a junior in high school.  Between George Orwell and Prince I was sure that my life would be a short or very strange one. Read More