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[white_hart]

I have one of those "free promotional credit" things from Amazon and for once some of the books on offer sound vaguely interesting but aren't things I already have: Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell or Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. Does anyone have any particular recommendations/disrecommendations for any of them?

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[ankaret]

Divergent had some great stuff in it about how facing your fears isn't something you do that one time, it's something you keep on doing until you're not just sick of it, you're bored with it and how sometimes people become bullies out of weakness and sometimes out of strength but either way you don't have to forgive them and some fun worldbuilding. On the other hand there is also some weird, annoying fat-shaming which meant I didn't bother picking up the sequels.

[white_hart]

Thanks - that sounds worth a punt given that it's free, anyway.

[antisoppist]

We have had some interesting family conversations about whether you can define yourself by one characteristic and how most people encompass all the things, but mostly I think why wouldn't everyone choose Amity and just grow vegetables. It sounds peaceful.