Amy, Kate answered more succinctly than I would have. I don't know that is has fancy trilogy name. I read it out of order and only partially at this point. I keep trying to finish Oryx and Crake and never get around to it.

The Giver was also part of a series, right? Lois Lowery has been really slow about releasing the related books though?

The fourth Giver book came out this year, although I'm blanking on the name. I think the second was Gathering Blue and then another one, and then something about ... The Son? Sara's school librarian was so excited to read the fourth one.

I read so much Atwood years ago, pre- Handmaiden's Tale, when she was writing more general fiction. I loved Bluebeard's Egg and Cat's Eye. I still have Robber Bridegroom to read, though.

Love her. Some people say she invented Chick Lit in the sixties, which she's not that crazy about.

I finished Insurgent and my comments about the portrayal of the main relationship stand (and there was a section in the book that could have been removed or rewritten, there was no point to it), but I really liked the end of the book, so on balance I liked it. I like Divergent a lot more than Insurgent. I am hoping the 3rd book brings home the bacon.

What I found interesting in Insurgent was -- Amity DRUGS their members to keep them complacent??? I mean, did you get that, or did I read it wrong?

You aren't wrong. I thought it was very interesting how each of the five (more or less) had problems with authority and control and they did so through different means. I liked that the author portrayed the downside in each set of personalities.

I liked that the author portrayed the downside in each set of personalities.

Me, too, because when I started Divergent, I was all, Go Team Erudite! Until they turned out to be so uncool. And then I thought, aww, Amity seems so niiiiiiice. And then we found out why.

Personality wise, I am probably Abnegation, Amity, Erudite mix. Candor and Dauntless are much too much for me. I probably would have ended up Factionless before too long though. Eating out of cans.

It occurs to me, given what we know at the end of the 2nd book, that Abnegation probably gave food to the Factionless not only because it was their social duty to do so, but because they were strategically setting things up for the next stage. Do we know if Caleb is Divergent? Was Beatrice's father ?

I probably would have ended up Factionless before too long though. Eating out of cans.

Me, too. Though I lean strongly towards Erudite, with a wide streak of Amity. Dauntless is CRAZY.