What are you reading?

Tawse · 01-11-2012, 07:10 AM

Finished "Divergent" last night.

Hmmmm. I can see certain "formulas" starting to develop within the YA Dystopian genre. I know all genre's have a bit of formula to them - but it's disheartening when it's so obvious (not talking about the fact that most are after a huge war - that is after all what defines the genre).

This trilogy has potential - but it is no Hunger Games. Maybe it's a bad thing to read Hunger Games first as far as the genre goes. Kinda like reading Lord of the Rings before the Dragonlance series...

Hmmmmm

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01-11-2012, 07:10 AM	#11
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Finished "Divergent" last night. Hmmmm. I can see certain "formulas" starting to develop within the YA Dystopian genre. I know all genre's have a bit of formula to them - but it's disheartening when it's so obvious (not talking about the fact that most are after a huge war - that is after all what defines the genre). This trilogy has potential - but it is no Hunger Games. Maybe it's a bad thing to read Hunger Games first as far as the genre goes. Kinda like reading Lord of the Rings before the Dragonlance series... Hmmmmm