Divergent is marketed as a Dystopia, but it seems to miss the fundamental part of dystopian literature, which is commentating on an aspect of society that could lead to it’s downfall. It’s supposed to be relevant to our current world to some extent. In The Handmaid’s Tale, misogyny/the dehumanization of women is talked about. In Hunger Games, it’s about our society’s love for violence and war/how easy it is to dehumanize people, which is relevant to today’s society. In 1984 it’s a lack of individual thought. What exactly is Divergent’s overarching message? How did we get to this world in which people are divided into 4 groups based on one personality trait?
Idk the series should’ve been marketed as maybe a fantasy or action but even then it misses the mark. It just seems very shallow. Like the characters are not well thought out at all, not even Tris and Tobias who are supposed to be since they’re divergent. The writing also isn’t great, it honestly just seems like the series was just a cash grab because YA dystopian literature was popular at the time
They use the word divergent to explain as being unique and special. From the perspective of those trying to fix human genetics, a divergent is basically a step in resolving the genetic mix needed. I think the point to not mention you were divergent to live a “normal” life in the society until generations’ worth of divergent mixing normalized the majority of the populace.
A lot of people hated on the third book, but it felt like to me it was the most “whole” of a book because you got a much needed explanation on the world-building.
I didn’t hate the third book I hated how the other two books didn’t make the path to the third book. For what I remember the third book went like a bombshell with little development for what it revealed. But the explanation gave some meaning to the stupidity that came in the other books.