Divergent // Veronica Roth
Rating 4/5
By now I am sure you have heard about this book and its absolute awesomeness..... (Unless you live under a rock, which is completely understandable)... So good that I actually read Divergent and Insurgent on the same day before they were EXTREMELY popular.
As a single installment Divergent was a success, especially because of the decent world building that occurred. I am sure it was quite a task to make this book relatable as the idea of the setting and plot is a bit far fetched. The plot was great, but somewhat predictable.
One of the big issues that I had with this book as well as the series as a whole was the lack of character development. I felt that Tris was static as she started daring (dauntless), cunning (erudite) , selfless (abnegation), and ended daring, cunning, and selfless. We didn't really see a change. Seeing a character go from being scared but brave to scared but brave isn't a difference.
You will learn through my review of the next books in this series that by the end I was not crazy about it.
Honestly I love trilogies and this one should definitely be read but it does not match up to YA trilogies such as The Hunger Games, Shatter Me, The Selection, even The Goddess Test.
Start a discussion down below about why you love, or don't love this book.
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I agree that it was not as deep as the Hunger Games. But I did think Four was interesting. I wondered why Abegnation was so willing to accept Marcus as a leader.
ReplyDeleteI felt like it could have been something having to do with the family line which is why he was so harsh with Four
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