Divergent!

Divergent, By Veronica Roth

Sixteen-year-old Tris is forced to make a terrible choice. In a divided society where everyone must conform, Tris does not fit.

So she ventures out alone, determined to discover where she truly belongs. Shocked by her brutal new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy whe seems to both threaten and protect her.

The hardest choice lies ahead.

In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her  
I read Divergent a while ago, and I thought I'd start with this book, as the film is out on Friday, and of course I'll be going to see it ;). I think the thing I love most about Divergent is how, really, It's all about discovering who you really are, and where you really belong, and that sometimes you don't belong in one place you have more than one purpose and shouldn't let what other people say define you. I think that underneath all the action and love, there is a really strong message in this book, it's just that people don't always look hard enough to see it. You'll probably hear most people saying it's about a boy and a girl who fall in love and they are brave, and they have to defeat bad people etc, but it's not, it's more than that. To me, it's two people who live in a society they don't feel they fit into, and in a strange series of events they somehow end up meeting, and knowing that there are people just like them, who don't fit in, gives them hope that they can be brave, they can be strong, and they can't be defined. They don't want to live in a world where they can't be free, where all of their choices are made for them, where their whole lives are planned out before them, they want to choose their path, they want to do what they want, they want to be who they want, and so they take a stand, they want to make a difference, so everyone can be free, and plan their own lives.

I absolutely love the characters in this book, even the bad ones like Peter and Eric, they are all so complex and have all got such determination to do what ever it is they set out to do, whether it be good or not. Throughout the whole book, even up to the very end, you're still discovering new things about these characters, shining a new light on them, making you see them in a different way than you did before. And the relationships, oh my... They were FABULOUS! I sat there grinning like an idiot whenever Four even spoke to Tris! But these fictional boys have set the standards, and the bar is up there, and I don't think any boy will ever match my expectations put there by these amazing fictional boys! So it looks like I'll be alone for the rest of my life... oh well, who needs boys when you have books right?;)

This book had me hooked right from the start, and there is never really a dull moment, and by that I don't mean that it's all action, but there is always something going on, you're always finding out new information, much like a puzzle, then fitting all the little bits of information you are discovering, together until you have one big clear picture. I just seriously love this book, and it sounds so cheesy, but I feel it has helped me and changed me for the better, since reading it. I told my self that it doesn't matter what other people think of me, since I started reading I was worried people would take the mick out of me, and think I'm weird for fangirling over fictional characters, but I've told myself that their opinions don't matter, they have no say in how I should live my life, I can make these choices for myself. I have never been particularly confident, as I'm not considered a popular person, but why should that matter? Tris wasn't popular, the other initiates made her life hell, but look where she is! So I told my self to be brave, to do what I want and not worry about other people's opinions, so I took a step, and I set up this blog, I told my self to be dauntless from now on ;). So I guess in a way, this blog is all because of Divergent? 

What I'm trying to say is that you should most definitely read this book! It is good on so many levels, and you'll really be missing out if you choose not to read it, but the choice is up to yours, I can't choose your life for you! ;)

I'm really sorry, I think this is too long, but I've never done this before, and when I start writing things I get a bit carried away ;), Let me know if you think this is too long, and I'll try to make them shorter in future ;). If any one does read this and like it, I really appreciate it, and just thank you, knowing people take any interest in what I have to say, really is amazing! Thank you!:)