Book recommendation!

Last year, I got myself into this hobby : reading. I have the explanation about how I begin to read books and stuff in my draft that I might post it here too, but for this post, I just want to make a book recommendation based on the books that I've read.

So here it is :

1. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Synopsis : "Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life-which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job-Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy.

At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping-until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it's definitely a funny story."
  
Why you should read it : Read this book when you need a reason to live.Sometimes everything isn't going your way and death seems to be the best form of escapism. But that's not entirely true, because we have the power to choose what we do with our live. 

Memorable Quote :

"... but then I decided I didn't want any regrets. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed." Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story, page 355

2. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom 

Synopsis : "From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper--a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours.

The man who became Father Time.

In Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years.

Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.

He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.

Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it, and how precious it truly is."

Why you should read this : This book will make you appreciate the time. For no one in this world can ask for more time nor ask for less.

Memorable Quote :

"We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forgot what we have." Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper, page 133

3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Synopsis : "A mysterious island.



An abandoned orphanage.



A strange collection of very curious photographs.



It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. 

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows."

Why you should read this : This book is really interesting because the author put some eerie old photograph to complement his story. The photograph connects to the story very well, and this book is really great for those guys who want to read a book with pictures in it.

Memorable Quote :

" I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was." Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, page 351

4. The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Synopsis : "Varsity tennis captain, Ezra Faulkner, was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before—before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe.
As Kirkus Reviews said in a starred review, "Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels."
Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel—a heart-wrenching story about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings."

Why you should read this : This book remind us that things may change in an instant and even the bad thing may not always lead to something terrible, it can also lead you to something that's better from before. This book also remind us that it's okay to be our self.

Memorable Quote :

"But we're the ones who choose, in the end, how people see us." Robyn schneider, The Beginning of Everything, page 330

5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Synopsis : "Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.

Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices.

The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams."

Why you should read this : You'll get funny look if you read this book in public. Sometime you have to turn the page upside down, use a mirror, etc. This book is really unique. For some reason, the word "house" is always printed in blue, and there also some passages that looks like this. Curious? Take a look at this book by following this link → >>>Click Me!<<<

Memorable Quote : 

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.” Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 20

I guess that's it for now. I hope my book recommendation will pique your interest in reading xD

Tugas TOU Minggu ke - 3 : Pemimpin Dunia

Book review : The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

This post will be my first ever book review that I ever post. I hope you'll like it.

The Fault in Our Stars is the fourth novel by author John Green, published in January 2012. The title is inspired by a famous line from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (Act 1, scene 2). The nobleman Cassius says to Brutus, 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.' This book is one of my favorite book of all time.I've read this book three times and I'm currently rereading it for the fourth times.

The author of this book has written four books before writing The Fault in Our Stars. Two of his previous books won Michael L. Printz Award. They are "An Abundance of Katherines" and "Looking for Alaska". John Green is also included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list.

This is the part when I'll try to summarize this book. I will try my best to not spoil the book xD
The story is revolved around Hazel Grace who has cancer. Her mom that hazel is depressed and she told her to get to this support group.That's when she met Augustus Waters and her story is completely rewritten.(*I would write more about the story, but I'll definitely spoil the book for you, so yeah, I think I'll keep it short)

The characters of this book are lovable even though some of them are a bit pretentious, but that's okay. This book has a lot of witty remark, yet another reason to love this book. This book is such a page turner, I can actually finish reading this book if I want to. This book also get deep sometimes, and this book is filled with profound quotes.

There are a lot of quotation from this book that I really love. This is some of them :

"You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you." John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, page 313

"You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moment that you cannot even imagine yet!" John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, page 272

"My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations." John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, page 311

This book is published by Dutton Books. ISBN 978-0-525-42600-4. The price of this book is $ 9.99

This book's movie adaptation will be released on June 6th 2014 in America. It will be released in Indonesia too on August 22nd 2014. Here's the trailer :

Tugas TOU Minggu ke-2 : Keputusan tersulit dalam hidup.

Menurut saya keputusan yang tersulit dalam hidup saya adalah untuk menjadi diri sendiri.

Saya belum pernah menceritakan ini sebelumnya, tapi waktu sma dulu, meskipun waktu kelas X saya mendapat kelas yang sangat nyaman untuk belajar, saya sempat semacam di-bully oleh beberapa orang teman yang bahkan bukan temen sekelas saya. Kenapa? Kurang lebih karena saya menjadi diri saya sendiri. Memang dari dulu kalau saya berbicara / tertawa, mungkin suara yang saya hasilkan terlalu keras. Dan beberapa orang tidak suka mendengar suara saya, tapi sepertinya itu bisa menjadi alasan untuk mereka melakukan ketidakadilan tersebut.

Singkat cerita, saya berhasil kabur sebelum mereka melakukan hal - hal yang destruktif kepada saya. Lengan baju saya ada yang sobek dalam usaha saya untuk kabur, tapi saya baik - baik saya. Bahkan orang yang merobek lengan baju saya juga meminta maaf pada saya. Mungkin agar saya tidak melaporkan apa - apa pada guru, karena meskipun nadanya terdengar tulus, terdapat ekspresi yang tidak tenang di raut wajahnya.

Tidak ada perubahan signifikan yang terjadi semenjak kejadian itu selama saya di kelas, karena di kelas X.3 itu saya dikelilingi oleh teman - teman yang baik. Safe Environment. Dan harusnya kejadian itu tidak berefek apa - apa karena saat tiba waktu kenaikan kelas, pemimpin dari yang mem-bully yang tidak naik kelas dan memutuskan untuk pindah sekolah. Seharusnya saya baik - baik saja.

Tapi saat saya naik ke kelas XI juga merupakan waktu penjurusan IPA dan IPS. Sma saya hanya terdapat 3 kelas, yaitu kelas X.1 , kelas X.2 dan kelas X.3. Dan 96% murid kelas X.3 masuk ke kelas IPA yang saat itu hanya ada satu kelas. Saya adalah salah satu dari yang 4% tersebut. Saya akhirnya ditempatkan di kelas XI.IPS.2 bersama salah satu orang yang waktu itu ikut mem-bully saya juga.

Di kelas XI, akhirnya saya 'berhenti' untuk menjadi diri saya sendiri. Saya menenggelamkan suara saya sendiri. Mungkin bila saya diam semuanya akan baik - baik saja. Tapi saat saya menenggelamkan suara saya, saya tidak sadar bahwa seluruh tubuh saya juga ikut tenggelam bersamanya. Dan sulit sekali untuk diam ketika saya ingin sekali berbicara. Sulit sekali berubah dari seseorang yang tak bisa berhenti berbicara menjadi orang yang tak dapat berkata-kata. Kelas XI itu hanya terisi oleh orang - orang asing, jadi  selama dua bulan pertama saat saya kelas XI, saya menghabiskan waktu istirahat saya di kelas XI IPA karena semua teman saya ada disana.

Menjelang akhir kelas XI, saya akhirnya bisa menemukan suara saya kembali. Saya percaya bahwa saat kita kehilangan teman, teman - teman yang baru akan datang dan mengisi kekosongan tersebut dan saya mendapatkan suara saya kembali dengan bantuan dua teman saya yang bernama Avi dan Vinsen. Pada akhirnya saya menemukan orang - orang yang bisa membuat saya percaya diri lagi untuk menjadi diri saya sendiri.

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." - Jim Morrison

Dan saya akan mengakhiri tugas ini dengan salah satu quote dari buku yang saya baca, semoga quote ini bisa bermanfaat :

"Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem." Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die, page 98

Tugas TOU2 Minggu Ke-1 : Teamwork.

Menurut saya salah satu contoh teamwork yang baik adalah saat saya masih duduk di bangku smp dulu. Waktu saya duduk di kelas 9, kadang - kadang ada kesempatan dimana kelas kami menonton film di beberapa mata pelajaran tertentu. Suatu hari, guru yang mengajar salah satu pelajaran tersebut dimana kami dapat menonton film sedang tidak masuk, tetapi karena memang saat itu adalah jadwal kelas kami untuk menonton film, maka kami tetap dapat menonton film. Waktu itu kami menonton film Lazarus Child, saya sudah lupa film itu menceritakan tentang apa, tapi yang jelas film itu sangat menarik untuk kami. Saking menariknya, kelas kami lupa waktu dan ternyata menonton film tersebut sampai lewat dari batas waktu yang telah ditentukan. Mata pelajaran berikutnya adalah IPA. Guru yang mengajar IPA pada hari itu juga tidak masuk dan menitipkan tugas kepada guru piket.

Tapi kelas kami terlalu asik menonton film tersebut sehingga kelas kami tidak mencari guru piket untuk mengerjakan tugas tersebut. Marahlah guru piket yang bertugas pada hari tersebut. Mata pelajaran IPA seharusnya adalah mata pelajaran terakhir kami pada hari itu, tapi karena kelas kami belum mengerjakan tugas tersebut, maka kelas kami tidak diperbolehkan pulang sampai kita semua mengumpulkan tugas tersebut.Kebanyakan dari kami menggunakan jasa jemputan, dan biasanya supir jemputan ini tidak mau menunggu lama. Jadi, dengan ekspresi panik, kami semua mengerjakan tugas IPA tersebut.

Kelas kami yang biasanya ribut tiba - tiba menjadi sangat sepi. Meskipun tugasnya berbentuk pilihan ganda, tugasnya cukup banyak, jadi kami semua berusaha mengerjakannya secepat mungkin. Lalu disaat kami semua sudah bingung bagaimana cara menjawab pertanyaan dari tugas - tugas tersebut, salah satu teman saya (*sebut saja namanya bunga) ternyata sudah menjawab semua tugas tersebut.Singkat cerita, bunga akhirnya mendiktekan jawaban - jawaban tugas tersebut untuk teman - teman sekelas dan beberapa teman kami menjaga pintu untuk berjaga-jaga apabila guru piketnya datang kembali untuk mengecek kelas. Akhirnya kelas kami berhasil menyelesaikan tugas tersebut dengan waktu singkat dan teman - teman kami yang naik jemputan tidak ditinggal oleh jemputannya.

Kesimpulannya, teamwork akan membuat pekerjaan yang kelihatannya berat menjadi ringan. Ketika kita semua bekerja untuk suatu tujuan yang sama, kita akan lebih mudah untuk menyelesaikan pekerjaan tersebut.

Divergent movie review~

So last Saturday, I watched the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Divergent which is based on Veronica Roth's Divergent Trilogy.

Here's the proof.

I have mixed feeling after watching the movie and I want to talk a lot about it. I intend to post my rant thought(s) on twitter, but I think it will be annoyingly long for my follower to read and I'm afraid I'll spoil the movie for them, so yeah, I think I'll blog it instead. This blog post will be inordinately long .__.


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So here it goes,

The movie started with an explanation regarding the war and the faction system. After the war, the society is divided to five different factions. They are : Abnegation (the selfless one), Amity (the peaceful one), Candor (the honest one), Dauntless (the brave one), and Erudite (the smart one).

I think the costume department done a great job in this part, I really really like the outfit of Candor and Erudite's. The Dauntless outfit reached my expectation, black leather jacket and whatever. No surprise there. The abnegation outfit is duller that I expected it to be. And the least favorite outfit of my liking is Amity's. It looks more orange than the red-yellow outfit that Veronica Roth described in her book.

After the brief explanation of the faction, the movie started to visualize the book from chapter 1. It started with Beatrice who get her hair cut by her mother. I think Sheilene Woodley is a great actress to portray Beatrice Prior xD After she get her hair cut, they chatted about the aptitude test that she'll take that day. Let's skip to the aptitude test part.

The 16 years old are lined up in front of a building (that supposed to be the school, but the movie doesn't mention it). They lined up according to their faction. During the line up, we'll see a candor boy who taunt the abnegation kid. This is the first time we meet Peter in the movie. Amity, Candor, Erudite and Abnegation was lining up when the Dauntless arrived by trains. I like this scene when the Dauntless cheered and jumped from a moving train. (The Dauntless faction is basically a group of adrenaline junkies.) Then they all proceed to a room where they get a briefing regarding the aptitude test.

Beatrice aptitude test scene is one of the scene that I'm excited to see! She entered the room that exactly appeared like the room that described in the book. Then she met Tori. The movie omitted their conversation though. Then she drank the clear liquid and the test begin.  This is quite the same like the book, but they didn't include the bus part. Then Beatrice wake up and Tori told her that she's Divergent and don't tell anyone about this and told her to go home.

She is supposed to share food and have a conversation with a factionless man on her way home, but no, that part is omitted.

And then the Prior family ate dinner. The light in their dining room is dim, I never imagine the abnegation home to be that dark. They talk about the aptitude test during dinner and something about Erudite. After the dinner, there's this scene where they hugged each other before they're going to sleep. And then Beatrice and Caleb have a conversation in the kitchen about how they should think about their family but they also need to think about themselves. Direct book quote!!!

Then come the Choosing Ceremony! FACTION BEFORE BLOOD! I really enjoyed this part... This part is true to the book. Caleb transfered to Erudite. Beatrice hesitantly transfered to Dauntless. And the horror of their parents face. The movie didn't explain the elements of the bowl though..

Right after the choosing ceremony ended, Beatrice and her new faction ran and cheered in the hallway. I love the energy! Then they climb a metal structure to get to a platform where they literally catch the train. They started running toward the moving train and they get in. That's where Beatrice met Christina. Then they all jumped from the moving train to a roof. That's really awesome! Too bad the panicky amity boy who didn't jump the train and the dauntless girl who fail to reach the roof (and died) aren't included in the movie.

Then there's the part where they need to jump from the roof to get to Dauntless headquarters. I find it hard to visualize this part when I read the book. The movie did a great job in this part! She jumped and then the net caught her. Then she met Four for the first time and she changed her name to Tris.

[ I sorta forget the exact order of the initiation process, so yeah, this part will be written haphazardly]

Then they start the initiation process. They separated the dauntless-born and the transfer. After that, the initiates have lunch. The initiates showed us the trait of their old faction. Will the know-it-all-Erudite will make a remark on a random fact and Christina the straightforward-Candor will say whatever she wanted to say. When they finished lunch, the dauntless faction make a raucous cheer while they clank the metal glass. Then Max the Dauntless leader showed up to make a speech which include another direct book quote from the Dauntless manifesto : "We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.". My favorite line from the book xD

The first stage of the initiation is hand-to-hand combat. They introduced this douchiest character in the movie, Eric.He supervise the initiation process with Four. The initiate must fight until one of them can't continue. I don't really like this part to be honest. Especially when Tris beaten up by this female character that somehow have no name. I suppose it's molly, but nobody mentioned that name :|

I love that part when Tris got her tattoos. The tattoo machine looks so futuristic and awesome. I wish the movie explained what the tattoos mean to Tris, but hey, that's what the book is for.

The initiation process is quite different from the book. The leaderboard of the dauntless-born and the transfer is supposed to be separated :| And it supposed to be written manually with a chalk in the blackboard. Regardless, the screen that showed the leaderboard seems futuristically awesome. [Fun Fact : Even though Uriah omitted from the movie, his name can be seen in the leader-board.]

Then the infamous knife throwing scene! That's PERFECT! It happened exactly like how I imagined them when I read the book.

I also loved the Ferris wheel scene during the capture-the-flag! This is one of the scene that I'm waiting for! It's true to the book, so I'm really happy to actually see this part.The part when Tris got the flag is a great scene too...

Right after the capture-the-flag game, when they get back to the dauntless headquarter, a random kid invited Tris to try ziplining. (*It supposed to be Uriah's job to do so, but his character isn't included in the movie yet...). They gathered to this tall building, and then they zipline head-first~ This scene is just breathtaking... This scene would be more awesome if they included the human net to this scene.

Despite all the excitement in the beginning of the movie, I'm quite disappointed that the part where Peter stabbed Edward's eye with a butter knife is omitted in the movie... [*maybe that part is too disturbing for the audience.. that make sense] [**and I just realized that there's no character named Edward in the movie :| ][***EDIT : I just found out that they actually filmed that infamous scene. But that scene is not in the final cut because, as I expect it before, it's a PG-13 movie and they can't show this kind of scene to the audience.] Or the part where peter yanked Tris' towel in the dorm on the visiting day [*I think it's omitted for obvious reason]. And this part when Four was drunk. These are just a minor scene that's okay to be omitted in the movie, though.

But my biggest disappointment in this movie is when they omitted the visiting day!!! I mean, that part is the most crucial part of the story!!! In the book, Tris is supposed to meet her mother in the visiting day. Her mother who knew that she is divergent is supposed to instruct her to find Caleb and have him researched this simulation serum. And in the end of the conversation, she asked her to have a piece of dauntless chocolate cake for her, which suggest the reader that her mother herself was dauntless. [She's also supposed to meet Will's sister, Cara... but yeah, she didn't.] In the movie, there's no visiting day! She surreptitiously met her mother in a discrete place in which she told her that she has known that she's divergent. But that was it, there are no mention about the simulation serum. Then Tris took the train to the see Caleb for no apparent reason. It was clear in the book that she visit Caleb to have him researched this simulation serum, but in the movie, there's no reason for her to see him. And then she came home safely with no problem afterward :|

The part when the boys tried to throw Tris into the chasm is exciting! Tris recognized Al's scent in the book, but that's impossible to visualize in the movie, so Tris grabbed one of the mask and revealed Al's face in the movie. It will make a shocking effect for those who haven't read the book, which is awesome. And then Four came and save the day, which is also awesome.

After the incident, Four take Tris to his place and he take care of her wound. And that's when I hear another direct book quote : "Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it.". And there's also this part when Tris want to see Four's tattoos. I think that part is pretty accurate too... That he don't want to be just brave... He wants to be brave and smart and honest and selfless and kind. Although he's still working on the kind part. Whoever made that tattoo for Four deserve a raise because that tattoo looks incredible.

  The closer we are to the end of the movie, the more death you'll see. The first one is Al's suicide. After the kidnapping incident, Al tried to apologize to Tris, but Tris didn't forgive him. And the next thing you know, some of the adult dauntless is pulling a rope with Al's body on the other end of the rope.Al jumped into the chasm to end his life.In the book, the dauntless celebrate Al's death as an act of bravery. I was hoping to see that part to be visualized in the movie, but this part is omitted too...


Let's move on to the next subject, which is the second part of the initiation, : The Fear Landscape. The movie visualized this part magnificently. The birds and the box filled with water... This part is just awesome. But Tris is supposed to have six fears, but they only showed five of it. Four's fear landscape is correct though... ( height, confinement, killing an innocent and his father. They visualized it nicely!). What's lacking in this part is a proper explanation about how many fears most people have. If they knew that most people have like 15 fears or something, they'll know how badass it is to have only four fears. I guess they'll never know. 

After the initiation process completed, all member of the dauntless faction (*minus the leader) got injected with simulation serum something. That's when the Dauntless attack begin! The dauntless attack is a little bit different from the book, some minor changes but it doesn't change the story much. Every member of dauntless faction start lining up to the Pit with their vacant gaze and picking up a weapon. In the movie, they added this scene where they shoot a divergent who didn't affected by the simulation serum.Then they headed to Abnegation by train. That part when Tris approached Four in the train and they hold hand is great.  

Then they arrived in abnegation. The first thing that Tris did was finding her family. But she didn't find anybody in her home. Let's skip to the part where Eric thought that Four is under the influence of the simulation serum. It's fun to see this part played out in the movie, when Four point the gun after he taunt him, then they all point their gun to one another. Then Tris shot Eric after he said that she won't shoot him. Then they ran, but unfortunately Tris got shoot in the shoulder.

Not long after that, both of them are captured. They took Four away for an experiment and instructed to kill Tris because she's injured and can't be used in the experiment. In the book, they put Tris in a box that similar like the box in her fear landscape. But the movie maker is too lazy to make that part of book happened, so they just made some dauntless soldiers escort her out and have the dauntless soldier to point out their weapon to Tris' head.Then out of the blue, her mother showed up with a gun and saved her. Would it be awesome if my mom do the same? xD

They flee from the scene to where his father is. They are still pursued by some dauntless soldier. Then there's this part when Tris killed Will.That scene is as heartbreaking as it is in the book. And not long after that,  Tris' mother is dead too... (*In the book, her mother stormed at the door to create a diversion so Tris can escape the building in which she was captured).

Tris managed to find his father and his brother in the hideout.  That's when she met Markus, Tobias' father. I like this part when Tris met Markus and she just glared at him. But after that, they just make a strategy and headed to dauntless headquarter. (*In the book, they treated her injury first before they headed to dauntless headquarter.)

After they grabbed the train and jump to the roof, they reached the dauntless headquarter. Then she met Peter. And honestly, this is my favorite part :

Not long after that, Tris' Father sacrifice himself so they can proceed to the control room. OH MY GOD, VERONICA ROTH!!! YOU JUST KILLED TRIS' MOM A FEW MINUTES AGO!!! GIVE HER A BREAK!!!
Since Caleb is having a breakdown, Tris proceed to the control room alone.

This part in the control room is pretty different. In the book, it was just Four alone in the room and he was typing some stuff in the computer because they successfully hijacked him and he controlled the attack now.
But in the movie, the control room looked like an erudite laboratory with computers and some scientist running around. But the idea in this part is still the same... Four is under the simulation serum, Tris tried to wake him up, she failed miserably, then she point out the gun to her own head and BAM! Power of Love! Four is awakened. Then both of them tried to stop the simulation. Then there's also this part that's not in the book but I totally like, that part when Jeanine Matthew's hand get stabbed with a knife! That's brilliant! I didn't see that coming xD Then Tris inject the same simulation serum to Jeanine and Simulation = OFF.

And then they got to the train and the first movie ends here...

I would've enjoyed this movie more if I haven't read the book :/ The book is magnificent, but its movie adaptation is not really satisfying to be honest. I want to be biased with the fact that I've read the book first and I love it so I'll surely love the movie adaptation, but I don't really like it. The movie adaptation didn't do the book justice, but nevertheless I still kinda like it. Mixed feeling .__. but I guess this formula applied to this movie :
[ The original books > Its movie adaptation]
 But hey, don't judge the book by its movie adaptation.
I hope the movie adaptation of Insurgent will be better than Divergent .__.

The only book-to-movie adaptation that I really enjoyed was Catching Fire. Minor changes, but they got the book right! Maybe I'll write about it later xD

So, have you watched this movie? What do you think?

Firma