Hi everyone. I’m sure quite a few of you have seen the film by now. I actually saw a screening of it. I teamed up once again with my friends over at The Grand Shuckett to do a podcast review and discussion. Feel free to listen here: Tris Prior (played by Shailene Woodley) is the central character of this futuristic dystopian society of Chicago. In this word, everyone is divided…
Synopsis: Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human/vampire, guardians of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her legacy is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi. This is her story. Review: So I got to attend a screening of the film last Thursday. Based on the trailer I was honestly expecting it to be one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. I…
A little help here, Dystopian fans. While I haven’t read very many books in this genre aside from the 3 Hunger Games books and now this, I noticed quite a number of similarities that took away from the originality factor for me. In Dystopian novels should I: 1) Expect teens to be ripped away from their families and forced into some Darwinist-based event thanks to some sick tyrannical government power…