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I will still admit how completely shocked I was that I enjoyed the film Divergent.  The book was tedious, and at least to me, not written particularly well.  The movie however, starring Shailene Woodley, was really good.  I’m looking forward to the second one in the serious almost as much as I am the final Hunger Games movie. […]

I often joke that my gravestone will read “But in the book” because of my longstanding issues with film versions of novels.  But, after long last, a modern film/novel came along that I can honestly say ‘the movie was BETTER than the book.’ Veronica Roth bestselling young adult series “Divergent” was purchased and adapted to […]

Shaylenne Woody did an amazing job with this year’s young adult novel-based film Divergent.  I am often not a fan of book-to-film adaptations, but the movie adapted from Veronica Roth’s best selling series was one of the few examples of times when a movie is better than the book.  Yes, I really did just say that. […]