Within the past week, I started reading the Hunger Games. It is an amazing book written by Suzanne Collins. Its about a girl named Katniss and how she had a hard life in District 12, a section of the "wonderful" country of Panem, Then her sister was Chosen for the Hunger Games, a sport that chooses 2 kids from every district and makes them fight till only one remains alive. Katniss volunteers in place of her sister and is whisked off to the Capitol city of Panem to prepare for the games.
I can't help but notice how similar "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" are. Both the people in "The Hunger Games" and the people in "Divergent" are living in a dystopian future. Both books have a strong leading female character, and are told from her view. Both books have a society that controls everything everybody does and both books have rebels that fight for freedom. Katniss (Hunger Games) and Tris/Beatrice (Divergent) both have a special talent, lovers, and a generally supportive family. At the beginnings of both books the characters don't really know what is happening outside their society, but eventually gain a better understanding.
I bet there are more similarities, but this is all I can think of now. Hope you liked this week's reading journal and please +1 me! :D
