11 Things I Hope to See in Insurgent

[scribblemyname]

Eleven things I hope to see in Insurgent:

1. Christina’s reaction to Will’s death.
2. Something more about Natalie Prior. I know she’s deceased now, but…
3. Some family interaction with Caleb and Andrew.
4. Four/Tris. Come on. How could I not?
5. What Veronica Roth means when she says Tris is so different by the end of the book.
6. Come-uppance for Eric.
7. Some real reactions from the Amity faction to everything on.
8. The whole idea behind guarding the fence. I’ve got ideas, but I want to see the reality.
9. Marcus and Tobias interaction or resolution. Talk about cutting tension there.
10. A good Erudite member. Besides Caleb.
11. Candor unhappy about the deceit of the Erudite.

To be honest, I’m not counting on seeing all these things. But I’m hopeful.

Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

To be perfectly honest, having now read the book (curse you), I'm more in the boat of "any sequel will probably ruin this."

Because, to my mind, while there wasn't a complete resolution, the parts that I liked would probably be destroyed in the next part. Especially if point number four is correct and she's really changed. I'm all for growth, but I don't know how she would grow in a positive way at this point.

Then again, I'm a pessimist by nature.

[scribblemyname]

I have to admit, I was a little concerned at first about whether I would like Insurgent. It can go uphill or downhill, but status quo isn't likely. But I'm hopeful. She's a fabulous writer and I feel confident in her abilities.

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll have to wait to borrow a copy, so I figure I'll have a pretty good idea from other people's reactions about it whether or not to read the sequel right away.

If not, I can pretend I got the happy-ish ending in the first one and spare myself the letdown that a lot of trilogies seem to have been lately (mostly movies, but they were horrible in the way they wrecked what I loved so much about the first one.) So... that's my plan, lol.

[lithiumlaughter.livejournal.com]

1) Neeeeeeed this. Is she going to hate/blame Tris once she finds out that Tris kept her Divergence a secret? Is she going to accept the fact that she and Will were mind-controlled by the Erudite and really left Tris no choice? It's going to hurt Christina, of course, and if she finds her way to Amity...who knows?
2) I'm unsure if we'll see anything, but even oblique references (how many Dauntless leave for Abnegation? I don't see it as common; maybe there will be people who remember. Hmmm.) would be lovely.
3) I think this one is all but a guarantee.
4) Yeah...pretty much. These two have such an interesting relationship that I'm crazy invested in. I saw a couple quotes from "Insurgent", and there was something Tris says about 'being alone'. This has left me very, very paranoid.
5) Further paranoia here.
6) Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes.
7) The first chapter of "Insurgent" is given as a teaser in the back of the paperback edition of "Divergent". It shows a little of what happens once the Abnegation folk arrive there. It's...intriguing to see how they operate.
8) Oooh. Care to share your theories?
9) Tension is a very, very good word. I don't know what I want for them, but I would like to see their new dynamic what with the sort of person Four/Tobias has become after having left Abnegation and becoming Dauntless. Tris is right though. If anyone's going to deal with Marcus, it should be Tobias.
10) THIS. On the re-read I just did (finished the book yesterday morning) I was struck by how we see Good People from every faction save the Erudite. Considering the corruption in the Dauntless faction, we still saw Good People there too -- transfers and Dauntless-born. There's got to be at least some decent folk in the obviously corrupt Erudite too.
11) I wonder if Roth is saving any dealings with Candor for the final book. Seeing as it's the Amity symbol on the cover of "Insurgent", I'm willing to bet that the final book is going to have Candor's symbol.

Nrgh. Ten days now.

[scribblemyname]

8) Erudite planned to keep all the people in and rule in horrible tyranny.

[lithiumlaughter.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. So the hostile takeover thing was coming from the start. Jeanine wasn't the first...she was just taking up a mantle. Am I hearing you right?

[scribblemyname]

I think the fence was originally designed to be a safety thing from the great wild yonder, like a normal fence on a house is, but then, sinister things started afoot when the current adults were just young 'uns and the fence became a great starting point for said hostile takeover. 'S my theory anyway. :grins: