Divergent (book) and Mockingjay part 1

I have finally started using my Kindle. chrestomancy bought it for me a while back (my last birthday), but I still had some unread physical books and also, when a book belongs to a series I already have, I like continuing with paper books. However, Amazon was offering a free book at about the time I finally ran out of paperbacks to read, I chose Divergent and that got me started.

I had already seen the film version of Divergent (but not any of the others), so the plot was not much of a surprise. The book is described as a "young-adult dystopian novel" (by Wikipedia), which I would agree with. I'd add it is a fairly easy read, a bit predictable (although, to be fair, this is a bit hard to judge given I had seen the film) and the main character (Tris) is a little bit of a Mary Sue. That said, I liked it enough to get the rest of the trilogy.

On the subject of young-adult dystopia, we saw Mockingjay part 1 last night. I'm not much of a fan of the film-world's craze for dividing the last book in a series into two films (the other one I've seen is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Having watched this, I'm even less of a fan. It really did not work as a self-contained story and was instead mostly set-up with little to recommend it in itself, relying on people already being hooked on the series.

I've now played Dreamfall Chapters Books two, three and four, but I'll wait until I've played five (the last - but not out) before writing a review.