Book Loving Kiwis discussion

Divergent was a hands down winner in the vote for read a chunkster. Please leave a comment if you intend reading this book in May.

Participating:
Angie
LaVerne
Kathleen
Natasha
Emma
Melinda
ARA#
Sue
Sharlene

Me please! I've been waiting on it from the library for ages. Think I'm now #2 in line.

A big, fat YES PLEASE from me :) I'm so looking forward to it!

Oh, Kathleen. You need to move to Otago!

I am in. :)

yes please I'm in. I have been looking forward to reading this.

Please include me too. May might be a bit crazy but I'd like to give this a go

Picked up my copy from the library this afternoon :)

Put my name on the waiting list at the library, only 34 before me! Hopefully won't take to long to get it.

yes! i'd love to join in! i'v been wanting to re-read it for awhile now.

Have read it and am keen to see what others think.

Yes I'm in for this one.

I started Divergent on the 2nd & finished it on the 3rd! I've been wanting to read the series for awhile now & even more since the film was released. I wanted to read the book first :) That was my motivation.

I also finished Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story. It's #1.5 and it takes a section of Divergent and retells from Fours POV. You don't really learn anything new but if you want to read the WHOLE series than it's a must.

Now I'm halfway through Insurgent! I was supposed to leave it for next week's Bout of Books readathon. What can I say? Addicted!

Sharlene wrote: "I started Divergent on the 2nd & finished it on the 3rd! I've been wanting to read the series for awhile now & even more since the film was released. I wanted to read the book first..."

Oooh, you've almost convinced me to just go and buy the kindle version already! I'm still waiting for my turn with the library copy.

Well, I caved and bought a kindle copy and started reading last night. So far, I'm enjoying it. It reminds me of The Hunger Games, but even better.

I had higher hopes for this book. Feeling a bit disappointed after finishing it yesterday

I'm also thinking this is a bit of a bandwagon book, if you get my drift. But don't be disappointed Melinda, if this is such a runaway success there's hope for the rest of us!

I know how you feel Melinda. I was hovering between 3 and a 4 star, but made it a four because if I hadn't have been expecting more from it from the rave reviews, that is what I would have rated it. I enjoyed it but I'm not invested enough to read the rest in the series.

I'm halfway through and feeling the same way.

Trouble is that many rave reviews or a really happy reading experience by the same author in a previous book set up impossible expectations.

I bet if you reread the book after this session you'll find it a better read. I always have to do this with the new Sir T. Pratchett

I actually ended up giving it 4 stars. It grew on me. Enough to read the rest of the series in the next month or two.

I enjoyed this book. Although the same sort of genre as the Hunger Games Trilogy I didn't find it a "bandwagon" book, and I felt the writing was much better. I enjoyed it so much so that I immediately read the next two books as well.

The last one I was disappointed with, but I wonder if that was more to do with my own expectations perhaps.

I confess I've been reading something else instead since the lukewarm comments here, but in view of the last two or three will be restarting with renewed hope.

I'm up to the last book. Once I start a series, I like to finish it quickly so I don't struggle revisiting characters later on.

I like where the story has gone in Allegiant. Book 2 brings a little more emotion and I'm hoping book 3 finishes with a bang!

Has anyone seen the movie, how does it compare?

Sharlene will be interested to see what you think of book 3! I had mixed emotions...