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Divergent – Review

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Divergent – Review

Divergent by Veronica Roth is a Dystopian Romance book about a sixteen-year-old girl named Beatrice Prior who is in Abnegation, one of the five factions in her society. The five factions include Abnegation, the selfless, Amity, the kind, Candor, the honest, Erudite, the intelligent, and Dauntless, the brave. She has to take an aptitude test to see which faction she best fits in with, but when she takes the test, her results come out differently. She tested and had an aptitude for three factions, Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless. She is Divergent, and she must keep it secret, even from her loved ones. The next day, she has to pick her faction. Which one will she pick? She’s not quite right for Abnegation, and that’s the faction she grew up in. When the time comes, where will she spill her blood?

 

Sample

On page eleven of the book it says, 

“My gaze drifts from Susan to the Dauntless tables across the room. They are laughing and shouting and playing cards. At another set of tables, the Erudite chatter over books and newspapers, in constant pursuit of knowledge. 

A group of Amity girls in yellow and red sit in a circle on the cafeteria floor, playing some kind of hand-slapping game involving a rhyming song. Every few minutes I hear a chorus of laughter from them as someone is eliminated and has to sit in the center of the circle. At the table next to them, Candor boys make wide gestures with their hands. They appear to be arguing about something, but it must not be serious, because some of them are still smiling. 

At the Abnegation table, we sit quietly and wait. Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference. I doubt that all the Erudite want to study all the time, or that every Candor enjoys a lively debate, but they can’t defy the norms of their factions any more than I can.”

 

Highlights

Divergent is amazing because it is extremely realistic with the character’s sensations and emotions, as well as the fighting. When reading this book, you feel like you become the character, and that it’s real. Additionally, the book is never boring, there is always something keeping you hooked. This makes it so that you want to keep on reading it. As well as being very realistic, and interesting, this book makes it so that you can relate to what’s happening in the story, by having things that are similar to things in the real world. For example, the simulations in the book are like a combination of a sleep study, and dreaming in real life. Another example could be that the Dauntless sleeping quarters are a lot like military dormitories. This book combines action/adventure and dystopian/romance, making a fun combination for those who like both genres.

 

Rating

I give Divergent a nine out of ten because it is a fun and interesting read, as well as very realistic in terms of the setting, and how the characters perform actions, as well as the character’s feelings and emotions. The only bad thing that I have to say about this book is that it is a bit graphic as far as gore and romance goes. 

 

Things Like This 

Things like this include the rest of the Divergent series, which includes Insurgent by Veronica Roth, Allegiant by Veronica Roth, and Four by Veronica Roth. Other similar books include The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Uglies by Scott Westerfield, The Selection by Kiera Cass, Legend by Marie Lu, and Courier’s Daughter by C.J. Redwine.

 

The Hunger Games – Review

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The Hunger Games – Review

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian romance book about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. In her society, there are twelve districts, and every year each district has to sacrifice a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to the capitol to fight in the Hunger Games. This year, at the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games, Katniss’ sister gets drawn, and Katniss volunteers to take her place. She would rather put herself in danger than let her sister, her innocent sister, get slaughtered. She knows that it is possible to survive because she is a hunter. She knows how to use a bow, and how to fight. She has to win these games. She has to win, to survive for her sister. She has to win, to protect her family. How will she survive? Will she make friends along the way?

Sample:

In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, on page 5 it says, 

“Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching carries the severest of penalties, more people would risk it if they had weapons. But most are not bold enough to venture out with just a knife. My bow is a rarity, crafted by my father along with a few others that I keep well hidden in the woods, carefully wrapped in waterproof covers. My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion. Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is. In fact, they’re among our best customers. But the idea that someone might be arming the Seam would never have been allowed.”

 

Highlights

I loved reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins because it was interesting. It was interesting because there was always a challenge, or a conflict, on every single page, never leaving you bored. Because it was interesting, it made you keep wanting to read more, and not want to put it down. I also liked that you could understand the character’s motives and emotions. Additionally, because you understand the character’s motives and emotions, you can understand why they do the things that they do, and you can understand why they do their actions. For example, when Gale makes fun of the Capitol, and the people in it, you can see why he says that, and why he feels that way. Another example would be Katniss volunteering for her sister, you can see why she would do that, and why she feels so anguished at the thought of her sister in the Hunger Games.

 

Rating

I give The Hunger Games a nine out of ten because it was interesting to read, you could understand the character’s motives and emotions, and their actions because of that. The only bad thing that I have to say about this book is that it is gory in the way of the fighting and violence in it.

Things Like This

If you liked this book, you should check out the rest of the series. The rest of the series includes the second book, Catching Fire, the third book, Mockingjay, and the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Other books like this include Divergent, by Veronica Roth, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, The Moon Dwellers by David Estes, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, Uglies by Scott Westerfield, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

What actually happened during “The Conjuring”

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What actually happened during “The Conjuring”

The events of the “Conjuring” can be a bit misunderstood. You might have seen the movies but they are almost completely fiction. so I am going to tell you the story of what happened in 1971 with the Perron family in their house. What happened to them and why did it happen.

 

The Beginning

 

The beginning dates back to 1675 going back to the King Philip’s War that lasted from 1675-1678. The King Philip’s War was a war where Colonists relentlessly wanted more land from Native tribes. When they wouldn’t give land they went to war with tribes like the  Narragansett, Wampanoag and many smaller tribes. The property that the house was on was “One of the bloodiest battles during King Philip’s War.” When one of the Perrons’ daughters heard from a spirit that there were 7 dead soldiers in the wall. Later they found 5 bodies around the property.

 

The “Dark Times”

 

The “Dark times” happened in around the 1830s-1870s when someone named Bathsheba Sherman who was believed to be a witch because of the things she was accused of. She was accused of murdering babies with sewing needles at night. After Bathsheba Sherman died, “her malevolent supposedly haunted the house.” The house was already home to a bunch of tragedies like the King Philip’s War but what bathsheba sherman was accused of added a lot of more stuff to this property. Probably a lot more haunted stuff

 

The Hauntings

 

In June of 1970, Carolyn Perron found a farmhouse by accident. In December of 1970, the Perrons bought the house and on January 11th, 1971, Roger and Carolyn Perron with their kids Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cynthia, and April moved into a 3109 square foot house over an 8 acre property in Harrisville, Rhode Island. They had just moved in the house, and stuff already started to happen. 

 

Throughout the 10 years that the Perrons lived here, they had experienced the paranormal in a way that has never been seen before from them. They were being scratched and tugged and touched and one of the kids would see the spirits haunting throughout the night some nights when they lived there. Sometimes the beds of the children would get pulled and the family would get harassed constantly by spirits.

 

All of these things led to demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren to investigate the house. They did a bunch of stuff like putting jingle bells on door handles and put microphones throughout the house to listen for paranormal stuff

 

In 1973, Carolyn Perron was acting really strange and the rest of the family didn’t know what to do. She had become really weird and the family was scared. The family thought she was possessed so they got Ed and Lorraine Warren. Since Ed Warren was a Priest, he performed an exorcism on her.

 

The Exorcism

 

The exorcism would take place in the Living room in which Carolyn Perron was tied up in a chair and Ed Warren started the exorcism. While Ed was doing the exorcism, it happened. The chair that Carolyn Perron was on was levitated and thrown 25 feet to the other room. The family was in shock and thought she was dead. Roger Perron was so mad at Ed and he kicked them out.

 

Present Day

 

Many people have investigated the house and the property trying to find out what happened, how it happened, and why it happened. Out of the many people who have investigated and how much they investigated, we know a bit more about why everything happened, who caused it, and why they wanted to do it.