So should you read the Divergent trilogy? We discussed that for a bit after seeing the movie.
**MAJOR MOVIE SPOILER WARNING**
Cachie: Would you guys say I’m ok if I skip reading the first book and just go straight to reading the second?
Melissa: NOOO
Cachie: It’s that I really don’t want to read it after I already saw the movie. lol
Gabrielle: Plot-wise? Yeah, I doubt you’d be confused if you jumped right into Insurgent.
Cachie: I know what happens lol
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Melissa: Why? [The book is] better. More fleshed out characters.
Cachie: I mean plot wise
Melissa: Plot-wise you should be fine
Cachie: Yeah
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Gabrielle: Just understand that Tris is in a much darker place than she is in the movie. She has PTSD.
Melissa: Yeah, she’s fucked up.
Cachie: Ohhhh, I didn’t get that in the movie at all. You mean after everything that happens in Divergent right?
Melissa: HA!!! You see?!
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Cachie: Like with her parents & shit?
Melissa: Yeah
Gabrielle: Yeah, after everything. I mean she saw both her parents get killed and she killed one of her friends.
Melissa: And killing WILL.
Gabrielle: Plus, she’s displaced and out of her world for the first time ever and she has no idea who to trust.
Cachie: Yeah I mean I’m not surprised, but she doesn’t seem to be on the train.
Melissa: Well ,it comes through in the second one, and she discovers all the factions are basically fucked up. lol
Gabrielle: I guess you can argue she’s in shock, but the core of Insurgent’s plot is based upon Tris’ mental well-being.
Melissa: And figuring out what being self-less really means..
Gabrielle: Yeah, like on a psychological level, it’s a billion times more interesting. The line between being selfless and selfish is precarious, and she balances that notion throughout Insurgent. It is worth reading.
Our reviews of the Divergent trilogy can be read by clicking on the trilogy’s book titles: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant.
Divergent hits theaters March 21st! Watch the trailer below.
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