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?
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Steph L. - Jul 17, 2013 9:17:32 am PDT #21115 of 28375
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le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 9:29:41 am PDT #21116 of 28375
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2013 9:31:49 am PDT #21117 of 28375
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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.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 9:37:07 am PDT #21118 of 28375
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 9:40:42 am PDT #21119 of 28375
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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 ?
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2013 9:49:16 am PDT #21120 of 28375
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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.
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2013 9:50:46 am PDT #21121 of 28375
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I don't think we know if Caleb is Divergent, and for some reason I don't think Tris's father was, although I don't think it was explicitly stated.
Dana - Jul 17, 2013 9:50:59 am PDT #21122 of 28375
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Abnegation would just be too much of a pain to spell on a regular basis.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 10:34:11 am PDT #21123 of 28375
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I am sure the have a short hand, but I'm scared to guess what it might be.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2013 10:47:36 am PDT #21124 of 28375
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hey - question for writerly types. DH is trying to get his publisher to change the title of his book slightly, but they've already put it in their catalog for librarians/bookstores to order, and it has a pre-order page on Amazon. How set in stone is a title once that's all in play?