(4 out of 5)
I finally jumped on the Divergent band wagon, or should I say train since they are highly referenced in the book, and read it. Also here is a new cover that I really like with Shailene Woodley on it. I think that she is a great choice to play Tris. Anyway I really liked that the setting is Chicago and I knew a lot of the places Ms. Roth talked about. I like to think I have a great imagination and can create what authors describe but I didn't have to think to hard about the landscape in this book.
With that said Veronica Roth tackles a subject that many have done before her, a dystopian world. Much like in the Hunger Games you don't know why the world is the way it is, it just is that way. In Roth's world people are separated into five factions or virtues: Abnegation (The Selfless), Erudite (The Intelligent), Dauntless (The Brave), Amity (The Peaceful), and Candor (The Honest). You are born into one of the factions and on your sixteenth birthday you are tested to see which faction you should spend the rest of your life in. But you don't have to go with what the test says, you can choose differently. For those that are Divergent the test can't determine which faction you should be in.
Beatrice Prior is Abnegation but her test results come back Divergent. She has never felt selfless enough to stay with her faction so she chooses Dauntless. Dauntless is a brutal faction that isn't quite what it seems. There she meets Four and several other people that will become friends and enemies. Some people in their society are no longer happy with the way things are ran...so of course trouble is coming!
I really enjoyed this book and the twists and turns the author took me on. I just couldn't help think while reading, especially during the initiation training, how violent some of the scenes were. Eric, their leader, was one cruel puppy. I know that I would not have made it in the Dauntless society. I really don't think I would fit very well into any of the factions but I think that is really the point. We can have a little of all the virtues. I am eagerly awaiting the movie which comes out on March 21 and until then I have started reading Insurgent.
Happy Reading!
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