It was nice looking at this book, but it didn’t add anything to my knowledge of the Divergent story. It reminds me a lot of The Hunger Games Tribute Guide from the first Hunger Games movie.

The Illustrated Movie Companion has lots of behind the scenes stuff, while this book stays inside the story of Divergent. If you can only get one, I would say to go with the Illustrated Movie Companion. If you have the money to buy both, I would say to buy both. I bought it along with the Divergent Illustrated Movie Companion.

I waited to buy this one until I was sure that the movie wasn’t awful (it’s not – go see it). Anyways, I'm done ranting because I read both, and I enjoyed both. I just feel like Divergent is its own piece and most people just say it's Hunger Games rewritten, but there's no kids being forced into a ring to fight to the death, they chose where they belong (even though some of the factions are more like cults.). They're just so different to me, I'd also like to read Battle Royale to see how close it is to the Hunger Games. Tris has to make her decisions, like choosing Dauntless.

Katniss was pushed more into her decisions (what kind of choice do you really have when your little sister is to be thrown to her death or accidently becoming a beacon of hope for the people). I don't know, sometimes I felt like Katniss just wanted to survive (and keep her family and friends alive). I felt like Divergent was more about some themes of wars, growing up and discovering yourself, sacrifice, and relationships in all forms. I always felt the Hunger Games was more about the theme of war touching on the many complexities of it, it was also about power and desensitization. The only real similarities are the split up communities, the wars that are coming, and female protagonists. What I still don't get is why so many people compare Divergent to the Hunger Games. I won't be seeing the movie until the next week, but I really hope to enjoy it. I have to say I'll probably use this as a drawing reference also. I love the many pictures that depicted the communities, characters, and costumes. I just realized today that I've read some things more than once and I finished the book some time ago. So I decided to buy it, and have read parts of it over the past few weeks in down time between other books. The Divergent Trilogy holds a special place in my heart though, having cried with each novel. Usually I don't buy these types of books until they are on sale for cheap (I got the Hunger Games Movie Companion at the Dollar Tree for a dollar) or as a gift. Instead of re-reading the book, having learned in the past that it will only ruin the movie from all the comparisons I'll make, I got a companion novel to the movie.

Inwijding by Veronica Roth