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Originally Posted by Fbone
An experiment next. Divergent by Veronica Roth. A sort of Hunger Games(-ish) YA novel. Dystopian world where 16 year olds have dangerous initiation competitions.
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This is one of the highest rated books on Amazon and Goodreads. The 23 year old author has a 3-book deal with Harper Collins and has sold the movie rights. She needs a publicist to handle all the media attention.
14,000 people gave this book 5 stars proclaiming, "This is the best book ever!" Comparisons to
Hunger Games abound.
I gave it 1 star [D]. The plot (from end flap) was interesting enough for me to borrow it from the library. But she didn't develop it enough. All very predictable for the most part. Lots of missing info. The first 350 pages were painful story building. It's listed as YA so it was a fast read. Don't worry there are no big words to slow down [read:educate] the 13 year olds.
It's unbelievable I wasted time on this. I need my head examined.
I don't even know what to read next.